Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping
Favre D. · 2011
View Original AbstractMobile phones trigger distress signals in honeybees, suggesting wireless radiation disrupts critical pollinators essential to our food system.
Plain English Summary
Researchers placed active mobile phones near honeybees and recorded their sounds to see if electromagnetic radiation affected bee behavior. The phones triggered 'worker piping,' a distress signal that bees normally make when their colony is threatened or preparing to swarm. This suggests that cell phone radiation disrupts normal bee communication and behavior patterns.
Why This Matters
This study adds to growing evidence that wireless radiation affects not just human health, but entire ecosystems. While the exposure levels weren't measured, the phones were placed in 'close vicinity' to the bees, likely producing radiation levels similar to what you experience when holding a phone to your ear. What makes this research particularly significant is that honeybees are critical pollinators for our food supply. The worker piping signal indicates serious colony distress - it's essentially the bee equivalent of a fire alarm. The reality is that our wireless infrastructure blankets the environment with these same electromagnetic frequencies 24/7. You don't have to become an anti-technology activist to recognize that we're conducting a massive uncontrolled experiment on biological systems that took millions of years to evolve.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
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...
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Show BibTeX
@article{d._2011_mobile_phoneinduced_honeybee_worker_2075,
author = {Favre D.},
title = {Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping},
year = {2011},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13592-011-0016-x%23page-1},
}