Cell Phones Aren't Killing Bees After All

radioweather writes "A couple of weeks ago, there was a nutty idea discussed in The Independent that claimed the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones was causing bees to become disoriented, preventing them from returning to the hive. The flimsy cell phone argument was used to explain Colony Collapse Disorder. Today the LA Times reports that researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered what they believe to be the real culprit: a parasitic fungus. Other researchers said Wednesday that they too had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country."

Cellphone don't kill bees...

[kannibal_klown]

Cellphones don't kill bees, Video games kill bees.

Honestly, until the other explanations started coming out I lost a LOT of faith in scientists and researchers. I mean, come on.

I blame the bees...

[BenSchuarmer]

they shouldn't use cell phones while flying.

Let me be the first to say

[davidwr]

"I think there is a fungus among us."

Damn bees

[MillionthMonkey]

Stop making phone calls all the time, bees! I see people driving around in cars with those stupid things stuck to their faces all the time. It's a wonder they can concentrate enough to find their way back home. You, being insects, have small brains and could never carry on a simultaneous phone call conversation without losing track of what you're doing and losing the hive. I mean, it's no wonder cellphones are giving bees so much trouble. Turn off the phones, bees, fly back to your hives, puke up our honey, and fly out with new instructions. Stop being lazy and using cellphones.

You know those phones are sold with that fungus on them, bees.

More proof of global warming

[lessthan0]

Of course, it is global warming. Both directly and indirectly making the bad fungus thrive this far north of the equator. All problems are related to global warming. No need to study anything anymore.

Global Swarming

[rodney dill]

Does this mean Al Gore won't be able to plug Global Swarming as a problem?

A simple solution - make them stronger by...

[csoto]

...mating them with heartier wild bees from... AFRICA! Yeah! That'll do it!

Re:Everyone repeat after me:

[Itninja]

Oh, I'm pretty sure it does. Everybody knows that umbrellas make it rain. It's just common sense. But I guess you elite Harvard liberals wouldn't know much about that. /end sarcasm

Actually,

[EinZweiDrei]

...there's just a massive apiary chondroitin deficiency -- it's the bee's knees.

Re:Why blame everything else?

[Chosen Reject]

You're wrong on all accounts. Obviously the cell phones are causing the parasite invasion.

Re:Cellphone don't kill bees...

[orangesquid]

I don't see how anyone with a good understanding of the Scientific Process could possibly misunderstand this article, you know? It is clearly stating that we have proved that the reason people talk on cell phones so much is that their minds have been infected with a parasitic fungus, and we shouldn't be worried about accidentally swallowing bees from flopping our mouths open whilst we walk-and-talk.