By: smeddum

smeddum — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:07:29 +0000

Thanks, William. There many threats to bees but Colony Collapse Disorder, is by far the greatest. So far much has been ruled out by official bodies.
All the things you have mentioned have a past with the bees, that indicates they re not the cause of CCD. As far as they maybe a source of pathogens, they may be a bigger threat to the bees with CCD, it appears that the bees immune system breaks down.
This is consistent with Goldsworthy’s closing remarks. http://inthesenewtimes.com/2009/05/08/the-birds-the-bees-and-electromagnetic-pollution/
Another feature of CCD is that the vast majority of bees do not return to the hive. It has been shown that many animals contain a magnetic compass called magnetite or cryptochrome. Salmon another disappearing species use it as part of their guidance system. Bees can travel well beyond 10 miles from the hive. No other explanation explains the loss of direction adequately.
There has not been much study in the relative intensities of electrosmog in our atmosphere. Yet there is enough out there growing daily that it would be surprising that if did not have any affect on the bees. The aforementioned study verifies these affective relationships: so far they have been ignored by State scientists.
As the years go by, perhaps months, I believe more and more people will point out that the Cell phone companies and perhaps the military have
used their influence to curb and distort questions and research, into the matter. Whatever the reason there is little positive action to unearth already existing research and these concerns should be investigated thoroughly, by the established authorities.

By: William

William — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:40:19 +0000

Very interesting article. I believe the official story here in Canada is the parasite/mite infestation. I have spoken to a couple of bee keepers and they are certainly aware of the electromagnetic radiation problem. Interesting enough, no one has really paid attention to any unintended consequences of insecticides or herbicides; or even fertilizer. I haven’t looked at any of the ingredients, but I’m guessing it’s not doing honey bees any favours.

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