Are cell phones killing off honey bees?
Radiation from cell phones and other wireless devices might be behind the destruction of honey bee colonies across the United States, which is posing a major threat to agriculture, according to research cited yesterday by The Independent in London.
So-called colony collapse disorder happens when bees vanish suddenly, leaving behind only queens, eggs and a few immature worker bees that are not capable of sustaining the hive. The Independent writes that the missing bees are never found, but thought to die singly far from home. The parasites, wildlife and other bees that normally raid the honey and pollen left behind when a colony dies refuse to go anywhere near the abandoned hives.
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