On Sun, 15 May 2011 21:39:06 -0400, the renowned John
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 15 May 2011 01:24:24 -0700, "anorton"
wrote:


"Don wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 May 2011 09:54:38 -0700, Gunner
wrote:

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/...s-study-finds/

Interesting and VERY distressing if true.

We cannot afford to lose the bees....

"Dr. Daniel Favre, a former biologist with the Swiss Federal Institute
of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, carefully placed a mobile
phone underneath a beehive and then monitored the reaction of the
workers."

"This study shows that the presence of an active mobile phone disturbs
bees -- and has a dramatic effect," Favre told the Daily Mail.

If Dr. Favre carefully placed a glowing crucible of molten steel under
the hive and found that this disturbed the worker bees, would this
prove that steel production is damaging the bee population?

It seems evident why Dr. Favre is a *former* biologist with etc etc.

No only does the experiment sound a little less than rigorous, the
journalism (if you can call it that) of the sensationlist press is also at
fault Here is a article about how this story was spread and distorted and
how each "news" organization cribbed from the other:
http://cleantechnica.com/2011/05/12/...e-meme-spread/

With reporting this bad, it is really hard to know if the research was any
good or not and what it actually proved.

True enough. But the fact remains..bees are disappearing at an alarming
rate. Feel free to google this.

Gunner


The most likely cause of the bees disappearing is the use of the newer
insecticides that are nicotine based products. The bees loose their
ability to return to the hive and the colony dies. The nicotine based
products work on the nervous system. Ever notice your hands cramping up
about a half hour after you ate some fruit or vegetables?

John

Interesting. I got some allegedly organic apples recently that had a
very bitter taste on the skin.


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