A Swiss scientist named Daniel Favre conducted the study, and concluded cell phone signals can cause bees to make extra noise , which is a signal to leave the hive. When cell phones are placed near a hive, it acts as a barrier, keeping bees from returning. When worker bees abandon the hive, the hive as a whole suffers.
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There are significant reasons for bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) like pesticides, disease and climate change. Recent studies reveal that a cell phone tower and mobile phone handset are also causing side effects to honey bees due to radiation emission .
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A Swiss scientist named Daniel Favre conducted the study, and concluded cell phone signals can cause bees to make extra noise , which is a signal to leave the hive. When cell phones are placed near a hive, it acts as a barrier, keeping bees from returning. When worker bees abandon the hive, the hive as a whole suffers.12 May 2011
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Chronic RF-EMF exposure significantly reduced hatching of honey bee queens . Mortalities occurred during pupation, not at the larval stages. Mating success was not adversely affected by the irradiation. After the exposure, surviving queens were able to establish intact colonies.
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Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR) Clashes with Honey Bees, Sainudeen Sahib. S (2011) done an experimental study with six honey hives 10. The selected hives with mobile handsets and results shown the strong destruction of navigational skills in worker bees and colony collapsed due to high radiation emission.
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Various researchers have reported the range of frequencies of the acoustic signals produced by a honey bee colony are in the range from 100 to 1 kHz [2,18], and that most of the sound have frequencies around 300, 410 and 510 Hz [9].
Read moreDo cell phones interfere with bees?
Do cell phones kill honeybees? Though you might have heard media reports that say so, the short answer is no, there’s no reliable evidence that cell phone activity causes bees to die .6 Ara 2011
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