We read an interesting article stating that there was a link between honeybee colony collapse disorder and cell phones.

A recent study by the Times of India found:

“An experiment conducted in the southern state of Kerala found that a sudden fall in the bee population was caused by towers installed across the state by cellphone companies to increase their network.

The electromagnetic waves emitted by the towers crippled the “navigational skills” of the worker bees that go out to collect nectar from flowers to sustain bee colonies, said Dr. Sainuddin Pattazhy, who conducted the study, said. ”

He found that when a cell phone was kept near a beehive, the worker bees were unable to return, leaving the hives with only the queens and eggs and resulting in the collapse of the colony within ten days.

Scientists believe that the electro-magnetic radiation from cell phones cause the bee’s communication system to break down so they could not find their way back to the hive after getting pollen nearby.

Clearly if you run a honeybee colony, keep it away from cell phone towers, cell phones, and other sources of electro magnetic radiation. Hopefully there will be more studies and this problem will get addressed.