Cell Phones May be Why Honeybees Are
                         Disappearing                        

Scientists are having a difficult time explaining the rapid decline of the honeybee population in the United States and Canada, known as colony collapse disorder, that could affect crops depending on these insects for pollination.
Research presented some four years ago speculates the radiation emitted from cellular phones may contribute to the problem.
When cellular phones were placed near hives, the radiation generated by them (900-1,800 MHz) was enough to prevent bees from returning to them, according to a study conducted at Landau University.
Scientists believe the radiation produced by cellular phones may be enough to interfere with the way bees "communicate" with their hives. Cellular phones may create a resonance effect that interferes with the movement patterns bees use as a kind of language.

For a few years now, honeybees have been mysteriously disappearing from hives across North America and Europe. It's one of those things that didn't exactly make headline news, but perplexed (and, let's be blunt, scared) the people who knew about it. It's not just a matter of having a little less sweetener for your tea -- honeybees handle a fair bit of nature's pollination chores, including for the crops that we eat.

A new German study suggests that we might actually be at the core of the problem -- or more specifically, our cell phone usage might be. The study has found that the radiation emitted by phones operating in the 900 to 1800 MHz range interferes with our apian pals' ability to find their hives and communicate with each other. Mass hive desertion means mass bee death.
 

Telegraph.co.uk April 16, 2006

Science a Go Go April 16, 2007