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Cell Phones Aren't Killing Bees After All

Posted by Zonk on from the most-reassuring dept.

radioweather writes "A couple of weeks ago, there was a nutty idea discussed in The Independent that claimed the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones was causing bees to become disoriented, preventing them from returning to the hive. The flimsy cell phone argument was used to explain Colony Collapse Disorder. Today the LA Times reports that researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered what they believe to be the real culprit: a parasitic fungus. Other researchers said Wednesday that they too had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country."

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  1. Nosema Ceranae? by ackthpt · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sounds more like Cyrano de Bergerac has been sticking his nose into beehives and spreading a fungus. At least it's not like those aussies coming here and killing off bees with their jars of Varroamite, or was that something else..

    Well, back to using my mobile with a clear conscience it's not making the bees die off.

    In Soviet Russia the Cagey Bee makes YOU disappear!

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
  2. BZZZZzzzzzzt!. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wrong answer!!! I knew it was the work of the evil banana phone!!

  3. Re:Why blame everything else? by TheThiefMaster · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Like this you mean?

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20070427/tuk-warn ing-over-school-wi-fi-systems-45dbed5.html

    Teachers are calling for a full scientific investigation into wireless computer systems, following reports of electromagnetic radiation among staff and students.