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Anonymous Coward User ID: 909697 United States 06/01/2010 04:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Maybe. When cell phones went 2G digital in the early 90's it was way more common for people to have problems as well. I know they've always existed but not like this. What is the percentage of people on medication today? It's not only because of it being pushed by doctors/drug companies but there are so many people cannot function without it now. There was a major shift somewhere down the line that started wrecking shop on people and animals. Natural or man-made? |
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WTF GUY User ID: 735442 United States 06/01/2010 04:12 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While you were yapping away on your cell phone the world's food supply become fucked. Enjoy your boring conversations won't you? AND JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK CELL PHONES AND TOWERS DO TO PEOPLE? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 526155[link to www.telegraph.co.uk] Mobile phones responsible for disappearance of honey bee The growing use of mobile telephones is behind the disappearance of honey bees and the collapse of their hives, scientists have claimed. Their disappearance has caused alarm throughout Europe and North America where campaigners have blamed agricultural pesticides, climate change and the advent of genetically modified crops for what is now known as 'colony collapse disorder.' Britain has seen a 15 per cent decline in its bee population in the last two years and shrinking numbers has led to a rise in thefts of hives. Now researchers from Chandigarh's Punjab University claim they have found the cause which could be the first step in reversing the decline: They have established that radiation from mobile telephones is a key factor in the phenomenon and say that it probably interfering with the bee's navigation senses. They set up a controlled experiment in Punjab earlier this year comparing the behaviour and productivity of bees in two hives – one fitted with two mobile telephones which were powered on for two fifteen minute sessions per day for three months. The other had dummy models installed. After three months the researchers recorded a dramatic decline in the size of the hive fitted with the mobile phon, a significant reduction in the number of eggs laid by the queen bee. The bees also stopped producing honey. The queen bee in the "mobile" hive produced fewer than half of those created by her counterpart in the normal hive. They also found a dramatic decline in the number of worker bees returning to the hive after collecting pollen. Because of this the amount of nectar produced in the hive also shrank. Ved Prakash Sharma and Neelima Kumar, the authors of the report in the journal Current Science, wrote: "Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. "There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason is still not clear. We have compared the performance of honeybees in cellphone radiation exposed and unexposed colonies. "A significant decline in colony strength and in the egg laying rate of the queen was observed. The behaviour of exposed foragers was negatively influenced by the exposure, there was neither honey nor pollen in the colony at the end of the experiment." Tim Lovett, of the British Beekeepers Association, said that hives have been successful in London where there was high mobile phone use. "Previous work in this area has indicated this [mobile phone use] is not a real factor," he said. "If new data comes along we will look at it." He said: "At the moment we think is more likely to be a combination of factors including disease, pesticides and habitat loss." The UK Government has set aside £10 million for research into the decline of pollinators like bees, but the BBKA claim much more money is needed for research into the problem, including studies on pesticides, disease and new technology like mobile phones. According to the University of Durham, England's bees are vanishing faster than anywhere else in Europe, with more than half of hives dying out over the last 20 years. The most recent statistics from last winter show that the decline in honey bees in Britain is slowing, with just one in six hives lost. This is still above the natural rate of ten per cent losses, but a vast improvement on previous years. There has been an increase in the number of thefts of hives across the world and in Germany beekeepers have started fitting GPS tracking devices to their hives. BIG ASS BULL FUCKING CRAP LOAD OF PROPAGANDA, TO ATTEMPT MORE BRAINWASHING BLAME AT THE COMMONER SLAVE. WTF EVER! IT'S CLEARLY GMO CROPS, AND GENE SPLICING, + CHEMTRAILING, + GMO THAT IS DIRECTLY THE CAUSE, FUCKING PERIOD! THEY ARE TRYING TO DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL PROOFS COMING OUT! FUCKING LIARS! |
WTF GUY User ID: 735442 United States 06/01/2010 04:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | EXACTLY FUCKING THIS FLAG RIGHT HERE, DO NOT BELIEVE PROPAGANDA LIARS WHO ATTEMPT TO BRAINWASH YOU, MAKE YOU FEEL GUILTY OVER A CELL PHONE, IDIOTS! GMO CROPS AND CHEMTRAILING ARE KILLING THE BEES./...PERIOD. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 526155 Canada 06/01/2010 12:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | While you were yapping away on your cell phone the world's food supply become fucked. Enjoy your boring conversations won't you? AND JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK CELL PHONES AND TOWERS DO TO PEOPLE? Quoting: WTF GUY 735442[link to www.telegraph.co.uk] Mobile phones responsible for disappearance of honey bee The growing use of mobile telephones is behind the disappearance of honey bees and the collapse of their hives, scientists have claimed. Their disappearance has caused alarm throughout Europe and North America where campaigners have blamed agricultural pesticides, climate change and the advent of genetically modified crops for what is now known as 'colony collapse disorder.' Britain has seen a 15 per cent decline in its bee population in the last two years and shrinking numbers has led to a rise in thefts of hives. Now researchers from Chandigarh's Punjab University claim they have found the cause which could be the first step in reversing the decline: They have established that radiation from mobile telephones is a key factor in the phenomenon and say that it probably interfering with the bee's navigation senses. They set up a controlled experiment in Punjab earlier this year comparing the behaviour and productivity of bees in two hives – one fitted with two mobile telephones which were powered on for two fifteen minute sessions per day for three months. The other had dummy models installed. After three months the researchers recorded a dramatic decline in the size of the hive fitted with the mobile phon, a significant reduction in the number of eggs laid by the queen bee. The bees also stopped producing honey. The queen bee in the "mobile" hive produced fewer than half of those created by her counterpart in the normal hive. They also found a dramatic decline in the number of worker bees returning to the hive after collecting pollen. Because of this the amount of nectar produced in the hive also shrank. Ved Prakash Sharma and Neelima Kumar, the authors of the report in the journal Current Science, wrote: "Increase in the usage of electronic gadgets has led to electropollution of the environment. Honeybee behaviour and biology has been affected by electrosmog since these insects have magnetite in their bodies which helps them in navigation. "There are reports of sudden disappearance of bee populations from honeybee colonies. The reason is still not clear. We have compared the performance of honeybees in cellphone radiation exposed and unexposed colonies. "A significant decline in colony strength and in the egg laying rate of the queen was observed. The behaviour of exposed foragers was negatively influenced by the exposure, there was neither honey nor pollen in the colony at the end of the experiment." Tim Lovett, of the British Beekeepers Association, said that hives have been successful in London where there was high mobile phone use. "Previous work in this area has indicated this [mobile phone use] is not a real factor," he said. "If new data comes along we will look at it." He said: "At the moment we think is more likely to be a combination of factors including disease, pesticides and habitat loss." The UK Government has set aside £10 million for research into the decline of pollinators like bees, but the BBKA claim much more money is needed for research into the problem, including studies on pesticides, disease and new technology like mobile phones. According to the University of Durham, England's bees are vanishing faster than anywhere else in Europe, with more than half of hives dying out over the last 20 years. The most recent statistics from last winter show that the decline in honey bees in Britain is slowing, with just one in six hives lost. This is still above the natural rate of ten per cent losses, but a vast improvement on previous years. There has been an increase in the number of thefts of hives across the world and in Germany beekeepers have started fitting GPS tracking devices to their hives. BIG ASS BULL FUCKING CRAP LOAD OF PROPAGANDA, TO ATTEMPT MORE BRAINWASHING BLAME AT THE COMMONER SLAVE. WTF EVER! IT'S CLEARLY GMO CROPS, AND GENE SPLICING, + CHEMTRAILING, + GMO THAT IS DIRECTLY THE CAUSE, FUCKING PERIOD! THEY ARE TRYING TO DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL PROOFS COMING OUT! FUCKING LIARS! So you think cell phone towers AND GMOs and pesticides can't ALL be involved? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 979536 Canada 06/01/2010 01:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BS. I have zero cell in my area and my bees keep dieing on me anyways. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983796There is other radaiation. This is merely showing that cell phone radiation is interfering. Anything in the higher spectrum is capable of causing this issue. A cell signal is really a radio commuicating somewhere between 800 to 1900 mhz depending on the provider. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 526155 Canada 06/01/2010 02:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | this world is so fucked Quoting: Anonymous Coward 988987humans are a FUCKING PLAGUE Then be the first to sacrifice yourself for the greater good. Go on then. Be brave. Buh-bye Idiot. Isn't that funny how people who think they population needs a culling never put themselves or their family or TRIBE on the list? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 988362 United States 06/01/2010 02:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | BS. I have zero cell in my area and my bees keep dieing on me anyways. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983796and i have many hives under a cell tower and see no worse die of there than anywhere else commercial beekeepers have been breeding for the wrong things production versus survival and have become reliant on chemicals to achieve these high production rates. its just time to pay the piper. |
nomind User ID: 904314 Canada 06/01/2010 02:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If these cell towers have that sort of effect on bees.. imagine what effect they might be having on humans. My Interesting Karma messages: - "You are an idiot. This post proves it." -"GLP MEMBERS BEWARE!!! THIS IS A GOVERNMENT SHILL." - Most moranic one given to me: When you type ".." you need to put three dots instead of two. Thread: Nibiru, or how to appear like you know what you are talking about |
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Wiccan Priestess User ID: 984467 United States 06/01/2010 02:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the bright side, they may cause cancer and so, all those illegal narcotics dealers will die off. Also too, thos e ridiculous idiots walking around on their cell phone trying to look serious and wearing their pants around their knees will die off too. Hopefully they die off before the honey bees do. |
ShoveThatPhoneRightUpYourA User ID: 941153 United States 06/01/2010 02:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh, so what?! Dumb bees. What's important is that I get to text Hilary and Stephanie and Trixie every 4 minutes so they know the 411. And I need to be able to call Bill every half hour to check up on his cheatin' ass. And I need to be able to download music to my phone because who wants to lug a great big IPod around with them??? So fuck the bees. What's important is that I stay relevant to my circle of jerky friends. |