[Greenbuilding] Why the bees are dying

[Racheli Gai]

Regarding bees:
According to some, the reason for the bees disappearance has to do with
pesticides, not cellphones.  (Not that health issues related to 
cellphones
shouldn't be looked at).
A guy who sells honey in our farmers market told me that his bees are
just fine - his honey is organic, which means that he doesn't use 
fungicides
etc. in his beehives.  Conventional honey is very polluted because the 
bees
are treated with various anti-mites substances and such.  Additionally, 
many
bee keepers take their bees on very long distance trip (to California, 
and
perhaps elsehwere) to pollinate almond (and other fruit?) orchards.  
The travel
is hard on the bees, and the fact that they intermingle means that their
chances are getting sick gets magnified, which entails further use of 
poisons...
  "My" beekeeper said he refrains from doing this, but I think that for 
many
beekeepers this practice provides a sizable chunk of their income.

Well, perhaps it's more than you ever wanted to know on this subject :)

Racheli.




On May 23, 2007, at 8:06 AM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>
> I've read recently that one *theory* on why honeybees are dying
> suddenly is that they may be confused by cellphone signals, or the
> frequencies emitted by the towers. I have no idea whether this is
> true, but what about human health effects of wi-fi? I am just
> beginning to play with wi-fi at home, and would appreciate any
> thoughts on the subject.
> This is tangential to greenbuilding, I realize, but since we're this
> far along in our discussion of EMFs I thought I'd inquire.
>
> Reuben Deumling