[Perdogg]

Could you give me a brief description on the theory on how cellphone towers would wipe out bees? Is it just the radiation???

[dagoofyfoot]

Is it just the radiation


Something to do with the way the signal waves interfere with the bee's natural homing navigational system...seems odd, but what the hell do I know.

[COBOL2Java]

Could you give me a brief description on the theory on how cellphone towers would wipe out bees? Is it just the radiation???

I think the bees were heavily invested in landlines...

[Boundless]

> Could you give me a brief description on the theory
> on how cellphone towers would wipe out bees?
> Is it just the radiation???

The conjecture is that the radiation interferes with
bee navigation. They can’t find their way home to the
hive.

So the problem would depend on the relationship of the
wavelength of the signal and the micro-geometry of the
bee sensors; and power of the signal. Due to different
evolving standards, this would have different outcomes
in different regions.

We might also expect to see little or zero effect in
“dark territory” where cell coverage is weak or
non-existent (which is most of the rural areas here).

[savedbygrace]

Some ‘scientists’ placed a cell phone near an active beehive, and the bees wouldn’t return to the hive.

So as you can see, the theory is just chock full of science and logic.

(giggle)

[Grizzled Bear]

Could you give me a brief description on the theory on how cellphone towers would wipe out bees? Is it just the radiation???

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The bees are text messaging their friends instead of paying attention in class.

[oldcomputerguy]

Cell phones are transmitting radios and so are cell phone towers, albeit at a higher power. Radio waves are waves similar to water waves but the medium is electromagnetic energy not water.

Recent cell phone technology has raised the frequency of the base wave length(shortened the actual wavelength) so that might be an issue.

The air, at any given time, is filled with radio waves of various frequencies but never has the countryside been filled with so much at so high a power or frequency.