Radiation interference
A recent study published by Landau University in Germany shows that the radiation emitted by mobile phones will interfere with the navigation system of bees and prevent them from returning to their nests. The purpose of this study is to explain the recent increasingly serious phenomenon of bee colony collapse disorder (CCD). Professor Jochen Kuhn, the project leader, said that this study may provide some clues to the answer.
Dr. George Carroll was in charge of a study on the harm of mobile phones carried out by the American government and mobile phone manufacturers in the 1990s. Commenting on the research results of Landau University, he said, "I believe this is indeed possible."
"Bee colony failure disorder" refers to the disappearance of a large number of bees in the bee colony, leaving only queen bees, bee eggs and immature worker bees in the nest. The "missing" bees no longer return to the nest, and it is generally believed that they have died outside the nest. After the bee colony became extinct, parasites, wild animals and other bees robbed the honey and pollen of the hive and stayed near the abandoned hive.
Bees leave their nests.
According to the Independent, the "colony collapse disorder" of bees first appeared in the United States last autumn, and now half of the States have been harmed. According to statistics, 60% of the profitable bees on the west coast of the United States no longer exist, while the loss on the east coast is as high as 70%.
The trend of bees leaving the group then spread to the European continent. Similar phenomena have occurred in Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
Last week, British beekeepers also discovered the phenomenon of "colony collapse disorder" of bees. John Chapple, one of the biggest beekeepers in London, announced that 23 of his 40 beehives were empty. Similar cases have been reported in Scotland, Wales and northwest England.