"Your cell phone may be killing the honeybees"
Bee researcher Dr. Daniel Favre is concerned with finding the sources that may be dwindling the world's population of honeybees. Favre believes that as mobile phone users, we may be destructing the bee colonies. Favre proved his theory based on several studies he performed. Favre placed mobile devices under beehives. While observing the bees, the researchers found how the insects reacted when the phone was shut off, in standby mode, or active. Favre’s team discovered that when the phone was transmitting a signal, the bees buzzed wildly, letting off or “buzzing” noises that are not normally used during swarming. The bees in the study did not actually create a swarm, and within minutes of the phones being deactivated the hive had calmed down. Favre concluded that if cell phone signals are causing the bees to act chaotically, it could lead them to abandon their hives.
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