Thanks for this article now included in my next compilation with
this complementary material
Jean
Millions of Bees Die - Are Electromagnetic Signals To Blame?
(March 6, 2007)
http://tinyurl.com/28yops
Bees in the US are dying of some unknown cause - millions of them
are leaving their hives and do not come back. What is happening? The
problem has got a name - colony collapse disorder - but no apparent
cause.(...) After reading several articles on the disappearance of the
honeybee, the thought occurred that this appears to be happening only
in the US. A Google search turned up nothing on this phenomenon in any
other country, including Canada and Mexico. Why only the US? Also, why
are nonsensical excuses being offered up by the pseudo-scientific
community for the demise of the bee?(...) Disoriented bees? Ah, well
this is a possibility. But what would make them disoriented? Perhaps
it is the 250 HZ signals being pumped out of GWEN stations all over
America. This signal makes people angry, so that they support the
administrations idea of going after Iran and violence in general. It
works great for mass manipulation of opinion. Unfortunately, the same
signal will induce a misdirection of up to 10 degrees in the
navigation ability of the honeybee. They go away from the hive and
never come back because they can no longer find it. That's why
it's only happening in the US. CLIP
When Bees Disappear, Will Man Soon Follow? (Apr 5th, 2007)
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/3545166/
(...) On a recent conference call, Dr. Carlo laid the blame for
the sudden demise (often within 72 hours) of entire bee colonies on
the recent proliferation of electromagnetic waves (EMF). He cited the
startling statistic that, at present, there are some 2.5 billion cell
phone users around the world. While this (plus the explosive growth of
cell phone towers) used to be the major concern, the problem has been
significantly exacerbated by the recent introduction of satellite
radio. Imagine being closeted in a confined environment filled with
chain smokers; it would be impossible for you to get a breath of clean
air. It is becoming equally difficult for you to avoid the
now-measurable damage from EMF exposure. Dr. Carlo commented that the
constant electromagnetic background noise seems to disrupt
intercellular communication within individual bees, such that many of
them cannot find their way back to the hive. His conclusions are
confirmed by a recent study conducted by three departments of Panjab
University (India), which has found that cell phone towers - the
dominant source of electromagnetic radiation in the city of Chandigarh
- could well be the cause behind the mysterious disappearance of
butterflies, some insects (like bees), and birds. Andrew Weil, M.D.,
author of "Spontaneous Healing and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health,"
fully agrees: "Electromagnetic pollution may be the most
significant form of pollution human activity has produced in this
century, all the more dangerous because it is invisible and
insensible." In some countries, up to 10 percent of the
population suffers from a serious EMF-induced condition that Dr. Carlo
and others call membrane sensitivity syndrome. In a recent address to
the Health, Social Services and Housing Sub-Panel in the United
Kingdom, Carlo explained: "Originally, this type of condition was
the result of high chemical exposures; we used to call it chemical
sensitivity. Now we have identified the same type of condition in
patients who are exposed to various types of electromagnetic
radiation. It is a medical problem. People who have membrane
sensitivity syndrome have internal bleeding. They can be in a room
where somebody puts on a cell phone, and they will end up having an
immediate reaction; they will go home and they will bleed and in their
stool they will have blood. This condition is very debilitating. It
prevents these people from being able to work; they cannot earn a
living, they have difficult relationships with their children, their
spouses give up on them. .. It is a very, very serious medical
problem." The bees are the modern-day counterpart of the canaries
that miners used to carry with them as they descended into the mine
shafts. If the birds died, it was an early warning of a buildup of
toxic gases in the mine. When canaries die or bees disappear, we are
being cautioned that we too are in immediate danger. It is time to
listen to the message nature is telling us. Denial - the favorite ploy
of those whose profits are being threatened - is no longer an option.
As Arthur Schopenhauer said, "All truth passes through three
stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." I shudder to think
of what will become of humankind if we linger too long in stage two:
"no more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more
animals, no more man." (...) There is a huge body of research on
bees from Germany that has never been considered in the UK. This
research shows that bees carry magnesomes in their underbelly and are
thus highly sensitive to magnetic fields. They communicate and
navigate via electromagnetic frequencies. The German researchers
consider bees to be bio indicators for the biological effects of
radiation. They are the canaries in the coal mine. The current
environment with microwave radiation levels billions of times higher
than the natural background levels is like putting a fish in a
poisoned pond. The bees try to escape the radiation and get lost and
exhausted.
Ecological Apocalypse: Why Are All The Bees Dying?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/100407beesdying.htm
GM, toxic chemicals, chemtrails destroying eco-system,
threatening very survival of humanity - The alarming decline in bee
populations across the United States and Europe represents a potential
ecological apocalypse, an environmental catastrophe that could
collapse the food chain and wipe out humanity. Who and what is behind
this flagrant abuse of the eco-system? Many people don't realize the
vital role bees play in maintaining a balanced eco-system. According
to experts, if bees were to become extinct then humanity would perish
after just four years. "If the bee disappeared off the surface of
the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more
bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more
man," said Albert Einstein. Others would say four years is
alarmist and that man would find other food sources, but the fact
remains that the disappearance of bees is potentially devastating to
agriculture and most plant life. Reports that bee populations are
declining at rates of up to 80% in areas of the U.S. and Europe should
set alarm bells ringing and demand immediate action on behalf of
environmental organizations. CLIP
http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/wildlife/article2449968.ece
Are
mobile phones wiping out our bees?
Scientists
claim radiation from handsets are to blame for
mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees
By
Geoffrey Lean and Harriet Shawcross
Published: 15
April 2007
It seems
like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some
scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause
massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail.
They are
putting forward the theory that radiation given off by mobile phones
and other hi-tech gadgets is a possible answer to one of the more
bizarre mysteries ever to happen in the natural world - the abrupt
disappearance of the bees that pollinate crops. Late last week, some
bee-keepers claimed that the phenomenon - which started in the US,
then spread to continental Europe - was beginning to hit Britain as
well.
The theory
is that radiation from mobile phones interferes with bees' navigation
systems, preventing the famously homeloving species from finding their
way back to their hives. Improbable as it may seem, there is now
evidence to back this up.
Colony
Collapse Disorder (CCD) occurs when a hive's inhabitants suddenly
disappear, leaving only queens, eggs and a few immature workers, like
so many apian Mary Celestes. The vanished bees are never found, but
thought to die singly far from home. The parasites, wildlife and other
bees that normally raid the honey and pollen left behind when a colony
dies, refuse to go anywhere near the abandoned hives.
The alarm
was first sounded last autumn, but has now hit half of all American
states. The West Coast is thought to have lost 60 per cent of its
commercial bee population, with 70 per cent missing on the East
Coast.
CCD has
since spread to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and
Greece. And last week John Chapple, one of London's biggest
bee-keepers, announced that 23 of his 40 hives have been abruptly
abandoned.
Other
apiarists have recorded losses in Scotland, Wales and north-west
England, but the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
insisted: "There is absolutely no evidence of CCD in the
UK."
The
implications of the spread are alarming. Most of the world's crops
depend on pollination by bees. Albert Einstein once said that if the
bees disappeared, "man would have only four years of life
left".
No one
knows
why it is happening. Theories involving mites, pesticides, global
warming and GM crops have been proposed, but all have
drawbacks.
German
research has long shown that bees' behaviour changes near power
lines.
Now a
limited study at Landau University has found that bees refuse to
return to their hives when mobile phones are placed nearby. Dr Jochen
Kuhn, who carried it out, said this could provide a "hint"
to a possible cause.
Dr George
Carlo, who headed a massive study by the US government and mobile
phone industry of hazards from mobiles in the Nineties, said: "I
am convinced the possibility is real."
The
case
against handsets
Evidence
of
dangers to people from mobile phones is increasing. But proof is still
lacking, largely because many of the biggest perils, such as cancer,
take decades to show up.
Most
research on cancer has so far proved inconclusive. But an official
Finnish study found that people who used the phones for more than 10
years were 40 per cent more likely to get a brain tumour on the same
side as they held the handset.
Equally
alarming, blue-chip Swedish research revealed that radiation from
mobile phones killed off brain cells, suggesting that today's
teenagers could go senile in the prime of their lives.
Studies in
India and the US have raised the possibility that men who use mobile
phones heavily have reduced sperm counts. And, more prosaically,
doctors have identified the condition of "text thumb", a
form of RSI from constant texting.
Professor
Sir William Stewart, who has headed two official inquiries, warned
that children under eight should not use mobiles and made a series of
safety recommendations, largely ignored by
ministers.