[LINK] Mobile phones 'killing bees'

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Mon Apr 23 20:40:28 AEST 2007


Just when I thought it was safe ...

<http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=50026&eid=1&edate=20070419>

"Researchers at Langer University in Koblenz said that radio 
interference from devices like mobile phones could be causing a dramatic 
decline in bee numbers.

The study suggests that the radio waves scramble bees' internal 
navigation systems, leaving them unable to find their hives."


-- 
David Boxall                         | "Cheer up" they said.
                                      | "Things could be worse."
                                      | So I cheered up and,
                                      | Sure enough, things got worse.
                                      |              --Murphy's musing



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