Scientists blame bee-colony collapse on cell phones

According to the Telegraph, researchers at India's Panjab University say they have linked “colony collapse disorder” to cell-phone radiation. Their experiments involved placing mobile handsets on a beehive, powering the phone on for two 15-minute sessions each day over a period of three months. A control hive had dummy phones installed.

The results were astonishing. After the three months, the hive with the active phones saw the queen reducing the number of eggs she laid “significantly” — cutting the number laid by more than half — and the bees stopped producing honey. Worker bees regularly stopped returning to the hive as well. [Read more...]