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I don't know but it seems to me like the whole global warming thing really started picking up about the time cell phones became ubiquitous. Hmmmm. I'd really like to see some more studies done on this latest claim regarding the bees.

Still, I don't buy Al Gore's premise for selling carbon credits but if it could take a few cell phones out of the hands of already bad drivers around here, I say "Save the Bees".

I wondered what that buzzing sound was coming from my cell phone.

I read in one of the 'disappearing bee' stories that Albert Einstein once said the human race could last no more than 4 years without bees.

I'm watching this with skeptical interest. Unlike Global Warming - absence of bees IS a threat.

I smell the media overhyping what is probably a natural, cyclical phenomenon.

V the K -
I tend to agree and hope you're correct. For the record - I'm against the 'cell phone theory' - if that were true we would have seen a gradual decline rather than a sudden disappearance.

Space aliens. That's it. Maybe they've been abducted...
:-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony_Collapse_Disorder

From things Ive read on it, bee mites seem to be the major culprit and cases of it have been documented for over 100 years - when they didnt have cell phones, pesticides or genetically altered crops.

Colony Collapse Disorder, Huh, I ain't buying. Even with the trumpets playing in the background.

CCD, described as Colon Collapse Disorder could be believable, because they are full of it.

This is a great information. You can get more interesting info that medical physicians around the world are saying about the effects of cell phones and electromagnetic frequencies.For more information http://www.harmonicplanet.com

What's called CCD has been around how long? And Cell phones have been around how long? And is cell phone use concentrated in high bee population areas? I have a counter suggestion, that it's really radio and television waves that are causing CCD. We need to shut down the MSM pronto!

Or could it be all those illegal Mexicans wandering the countryside using their cell phones 24/7 that are causing this? See, it is GWB's fault!

I think CCD results from soccer moms knocking over beehives with their SUVs while yakking on cell phones.

Hey, it could be true. \moonbat

I just got a great idea. Let's start a company that sells bee offsets. Anyone want to come in on this with me?

Uh, Lucky, I believe our host posted the information to satirize it, not propagate it.

It was a joke, you know, for to laugh, to make fun of people who believe this kind of stuff.

Not that I know of any such around here, of course...

Living here in San Diego I know the fear that these killer bees have instilled in us. Many sources who wish to remain anonymous and some scientists are afraid to leave their houses because a couple of killer bees were found in Texas several years ago.

There is a city-wide panic here. I'm afraid that we will have to negotiate with the bees and withdraw from San Diego by 2008.

interesting

I found this website while searching for more info. on the links between cell phones and CCD. Why? Because I am a beekeeper and just read an article about the possible link. I wanted to put a little info out there to you all from a beekeepers perspective
No, the article I read does not site much specific evidence. The only specific study that they mentioned was that bees did not seem to return to the hive when a cell phone was placed nearby it. So, it seems that more conclusive and extensive studies need to be done.
However, it makes enough sense not to take it as a possibility. CCD is not somethin that just started this year, it is something that has gradually increased to it's more publicized stature right now. Due to the nature of CCD (bees seem to leave the hive and simply don't return)it make sense that it would have to do with something that was not present before disrupting the bees' ability to find their way home, or keeping them from returning to the hive. If it is linked to cell phones, the strong rise right now may have to do with cell phone towers being put up in increasingly rural areas, or any other number of factors.
It's also important to note as far as loss of polinators go, that honey bees are the most monitored (because of beekeepers) without more studies, we won't know how other bees are being effected. They may be faring fine, or they may be disappearing more rapidly.
My main point- I agree, there's not enough info to say for certain that there is a link, but, don't discount it yet. It is the most credible theory I've heard so far and has enough weight to get me to adjust my cell phone use a little until I know for certain that it's not true.

Global warming is fraudulent. You can look on youtube.com and see a 74 minute movie which is the converse of that movie Al Gore made. The climate is controlled more by the source of heat than the smoke in the air. I mean, of course, the sun. Go look for it. It is called great global warming hoax or something or other. It is really very informative, and quite the eye opener. Aside from that Colony Collapse Disorder is very scary and WAY out of hand and it IS happening. It may have something to do with the way honeybees are bred. It may be caused by pesticides. It may because of genetically engineered foods that have pest repellent engineered into it's DNA. None of the people who really know anything to speak of in regard to honeybees are not talking much about cell phones. I'm no authority either, but I am a big fan of Jerry Bromenshenk who IS a real life hardcore bee guy. He is the CEO of Bee Alert technology which is an extension of the University of Montana where I live. Some of the things conjured up by this Bee Alert outfit are:
They've got honeybees going about and finding landmines. (I did not make it up!) They set bees flying about in a certain area and then they crush them up and spectroanalyse them to see what they've been flying about in. The latter of the 2 here identified is really unique in that the bees end up wearing everything and are the best by far to date method of finding any and all toxins or anything, for that matter in a given area. This Colony Collapse Disorder is at present only affecting honeybees cultivated by apiaries. It may be due to the way that queen bees have been bred for the last 100 years. It is also possible that the oversized honeycombs are making for weak bees because the oversized combs make the bees larger but do not make the wings of the same bee stronger. Right now from what I've read it seems as though the best estimate for the reason of this
Colony Collapse Disorder is due to many simultaneous contributing factors. It was at first hypothesized that this was only a migratory apiarists problem and those guys were just workin the bees to death. This is not the case as the CCD business has shown up in the non-mobile/migratory beekeeper hives as well.