DocumentCode :
143600
Title :
The effect of cell phone antennas´ radiations on the life cycle of honeybees
Author :
El Halabi, Nashaat ; Achkar, Roger ; Haidar, Gaby Abou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Commun. Eng., American Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Beirut, Lebanon
fYear :
2014
fDate :
13-16 April 2014
Firstpage :
408
Lastpage :
414
Abstract :
As many other species, honeybees are becoming extinct in the world; this phenomenon is called the Colony Collapse Disorder. Many reasons have been proven to be behind this environmental disaster like climate changes, pesticides, fungal pathogens and others; especially, since in recent years, wild life has been exposed to microwaves and radio frequencies´ radiation signals from various sources, including wireless phones. The claim of the research is that radiations generated by mobile phones´ antennas disturb the life cycle of honeybees and affect their reproduction system and honey producing. The research involves testing the behavior of honeybees in the main lobe of the antenna at a distance of 100 meters, and another at a distance of 500 meters; and, in the back lobe of the antenna at a distance of 100 meters, knowing that the antenna is directional. The results of the experiments verified that mobile phones´ antennas´ radiations affect the honeybees´ life system.
Keywords :
biological effects of microwaves; cellular effects of radiation; directive antennas; microwave propagation; mobile antennas; smart phones; cell phone antenna radiations effect; colony collapse disorder; directional antenna; distance 100 m; environmental disaster; honeybee behavior testing; honeybee life cycle; honeybee life system; microwave frequency radiation signal; radio frequency radiation signal; reproduction system; wireless phone; Antenna radiation patterns; Broadband antennas; Density measurement; Directive antennas; Mobile antennas; Mobile handsets; Antenna´s Patterns; Colony collapse Disorder; Honeybees; Mobile phone antennas´ Radiations; Power density; back lobe; main lobe;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2014 17th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beirut
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.2014.6820569
Filename :
6820569
Link To Document :
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