Phones Not Killing Bees  E-mail
Written by Dave Burdick   
Friday, 18 May 2007

Hey, maybe we're a little behind on this, but we wanted you to know that your phones aren't killing bees. There was a flurry of ecogeeky concern--one friend of ours went into graphic (and yet still very boring) detail--that cell phone frequencies were confusing bees and causing them to die.

And so it is with glee that EcoGeek types the following sentence:

Fear not; it's merely a parasite.


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Except...
written by Elias , May 19, 2007
If you read the article it says:
"But the results are "highly preliminary" and are from only a few hives from Le Grand in Merced County, UCSF biochemist Joe DeRisi said. "We don't want to give anybody the impression that this thing has been solved."
I don't understand how you can be so conclusive...
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written by Dave , May 20, 2007
Totally fair. Mostly, I found it funny that a downgrade from cellphones to parasites was considered a favorable situation, considering that it took the responsibility (and, with it, our own ability to stop the problem) out of our hands. Some cause for celebration! Free weekend minutes versus a major breakdown in the food chain.

It's true that it appears to still be up in the air.
Hey!
written by Ethan , May 23, 2007
The article never said anything about bees! smilies/angry.gif
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Dave Burdick
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Dave Burdick is a New York-based writer and comedian. He's currently pursuing an MS in journalism at Columbia University, performing in the city whenever and writing about being a big dummy at daveburdick.com.
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