With more bees are dying and their colonies are collapsing, a researcher from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Daniel Favre, suggests that cellular phones’ signals are the true cause of killing off the bees and their colonies. Maybe we have to worry, because bees are very important to nature. From my understanding, bees help us humans in sustaining the availability of certain nutritious food crops and other plants and crops. In fact, many people claim that bees are the keepers of 1/3 of humans’ food supply. The list of crop plants pollinated by bees can be found here.
What can be done you may ask? First, I think we need to find if the claim is really true. In fact, the government and various altruistic foundations and so on can pool resources together to fund the studies for accessing the claim that cellular phones’ signals are the cause of killing off bees. Second, after us humans have confirmed this is truly the case, then us humans have to form new policy or to develop new technology where bees can be cultivated to thrive. If that isn’t feasible, then we have to form policy in restraining the use of cellular phones or somehow develop new cellular phone technology where bees won’t be dying off from cellular phones’ signals.
Personal opinion and assessment: Albeit, the loss of 1/3 of humans’ food supply isn’t the end of the world, but you never know this effect can actually plunge our economy into unfavorable condition than ever before. Speaking of economy, it’s still in a pretty bad shape. I can imagine foods will be evermore expensive and hard to come by if 1/3 of humans’ food supply is actually dwindling. Perhaps, starvations around the world will rise. It’s not the end of the world, but it sure may form a hell on earth. Maybe, wealthier countries may continue to use more cellular phones at the expense of poorer countries’ food resources. Will that be just? When too many bees are dying off, beekeeping business will boom?
My question to you, if you can only choose between food supply and having a good time on the phone with a companion of yours, what would be your only pick? Sources: news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20110513/tc_digitaltrends/cellphonessignalsreallyarekillingthebeesstudyshows. To further your knowledge on bees, how about checking out how they make honey at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey.
Vinh Nguyen
