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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Bigfoot: [QB] New Article out. Seems the cell phone tower hypothesis is losing prominence. [QUOTE] Dead Bees Have Local Farmers Swarming POSTED: 3:21 pm EDT July 18, 2007 UPDATED: 6:17 pm EDT July 18, 2007 Scientists are desperately trying to find out what's killing honeybees, which have been disappearing by the millions. The first beekeeper to notice the problem was in Erie, Pa., but soon after, keepers across the country started losing their bees. If it doesn't stop, much of the country's food supply could be in danger since most of what we eat every day wouldn’t be here without the help of honeybees. "These hives are all dead except three of four," said master beekeeper Bob Jenereski, who lost about 200 hives. Losing more than 175 hives, Jenereski said, translates into almost two million dead honeybees. Some Pennsylvania keepers said they lost 80 to 90 percent of their hives this year, calling it colony collapse disorder It's an urgent problem scientists all over the country are working to solve but right now, it's still a mystery. They're looking at viruses, weather, mites and cell phones as possible causes. "It could be a combination," said Jenereski. "The latest craze was cell phone towers. I think they put that to bed. That's not going to be a problem, but they really don't know." "Very scary again, because so much of our food crop depends on it," Jenereski said. "Now, if you want to eat corn and wheat and barley and rice, the honeybee doesn't pollinate that. And that's what's going to be left if we don't have more bees out there." Soergel's Orchard said it has lost its honeybees, too. They used the bees to pollinate their crops. "This is the first time in 20 years. All of them swarmed within a week, packed their bags and left," said Reed Soergel. "The honey means a lot to a beekeeper, but the pollination is actually the big dollar. If an apple blossom doesn't get pollinated, there is no apple the rest of the year." While scientists try to figure out the problem, Soergel said he is trying out bumblebees this year for pollination, but only time will tell how well they work. [/QUOTE] http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/13706783/detail.html [/QB][/QUOTE]
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