Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping
Favre D · 2011
View Original AbstractActive mobile phone handsets placed near honeybees induced worker piping, a signal associated with swarming or colony disturbance.
Plain English Summary
Researchers placed mobile phone handsets in the close vicinity of honeybees and recorded and analyzed the sounds the bees made. The audiograms and spectrograms revealed that active mobile phone handsets have a dramatic impact on the behavior of the bees, namely by inducing the worker piping signal. In natural conditions, worker piping either announces the swarming process of the bee colony or is a signal of a disturbed bee colony.
Why This Matters
The study used audiograms and spectrograms to analyze bee sounds when mobile phone handsets were active nearby. Worker piping is a naturally occurring bee signal that in normal circumstances either announces swarming or indicates a disturbed colony.
Exposure Details
- SAR
- 0.271, 0.62, 0.81, or 0.98 W/kg
- Source/Device
- 900 MHz GSM
- Exposure Duration
- continuous for 45 min - 20 h
Where This Falls on the Concern Scale
Study Details
In the present study, electromagnetic waves originating from mobile phones were tested for potential effects on honeybee behavior
Mobile phone handsets were placed in the close vicinity of honeybees. The sound made by the bees was...
The audiograms and spectrograms revealed that active mobile phone handsets have a dramatic impact on...
Show BibTeX
@article{d_2011_mobile_phoneinduced_honeybee_worker_98,
author = {Favre D},
title = {Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping},
year = {2011},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13592-011-0016-x},
}