Mobile phone towers a threat to bees

[rpm]

Mobile phone tower threat

The electromagnetic waves emitted by mobile phone towers and cellphones can pose a threat to honey bees, a study published in India has concluded.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Interesting.

So bee farms should be in the middle of nowhere with no cellphone towers, and only fixed landlines...

 

[rpm]

Our new office is basically next to a mobile phone tower: Will give feedback on potential health problems

 

[moosag]

Thats very interesting. Takes me back to the BEE Movie which Jerry Seinfield made.
If the BEE's arent going on strike, their navigation is being jammed by us Humans

 

[yavahn]

 

[Kloofvreter]

Like I've said before, we had a MTN transmitter on a church steeple, and there was a bees nest that had to be cleared out.

 

[JK8]

Our new office is basically next to a mobile phone tower: Will give feedback on potential health problems

Try holding a small fluorescent bulb close to it, preferably late at night...
Let us know if it glows?

 

[MadMailMan]

What? Now cell towers are not BEE compliant??

 

[Carbon_Fibre]

What? Now cell towers are not BEE compliant??

Fatwang

 

[bekdik]

a similar report. Read to the bottom where the real culprit is revealed.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/einstein/bees.asp

 

[damian24]

Our new office is basically next to a mobile phone tower: Will give feedback on potential health problems

In our current office, there are two towers directly attached to either side of the building... and still we have problems with Vodacom...

D

 

[rpm]

Hi Damian24

We also often drop calls now, and I have never experienced so many 'network unavailable' messages Tower congestion I am sure...

 

[kilos]

Soon we will not require handsets and get the receiver implanted. Talk to the hand with
the built in microphone & speaker.

I wonder how trees re-act to mobile towers, must be careful as
this thread will start another SERIOUS debate between an RF engineer
& medical scientist ?

 

[I am Penguin]

Stop the joking this is serious, who will do the pollinating in future?

 

[I am Penguin]

Hi Damian24

Tower congestion I am sure...

The bees?

 

[Creag]

Try holding a small fluorescent bulb close to it, preferably late at night...
Let us know if it glows?

 

[Creag]

Stop the joking this is serious, who will do the pollinating in future?

This is a real concern. Too many do not seriously heed the scientists calls regarding global warming. I for one sincerely hope they're wrong but I am in the short term insurance industry and the weather related losses are getting worse even here in sunny SA.

 

[Lightscribe]

Don't worry, the melting of the permafrost will kill us first.

Do a Google on this: permafrost melting release of gas

 

[Creag]

Don't worry, the melting of the permafrost will kill us first.

Do a Google on this: permafrost melting release of gas

Guess we need to make the most of the time we have left?

 

[sn3rd]

Cellular reception is worst right next to an antenna. This is because antennae are designed to radiate outward.

Skeptics say that there isn't any evidence that there is any danger. Others say that there hasn't been enough time to gather data and perform research. At the end of the day, if cellphones pose a significant threat to your health, WiFi and DSTV are even worse. Not to mention cordless phones, etc.

We have a very definite understanding of the way that electromagnetic waves propagate and interact with matter. Limited to particular frequencies and power levels, we can be sure that we're minimising the harm done.