• DocumentCode
    3424446
  • Title

    The effect of cell phone radiations on the life cycle of honeybees

  • Author

    El Halabi, Nashaat ; Achkar, Roger ; Haidar, Gaby Abou

  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-4 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    529
  • Lastpage
    536
  • 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, in addition to radiations generated by mobile phones, especially, since in recent years wild life has been exposed to microwaves and radio frequency´s radiation signals from various sources, including wireless phones. Bees have a specific organ for sensing magnetic forces, enabling them to navigate using their own compass. The claim of the research is that radiations generated by mobile phones are disturbing the life cycle of honeybees and affecting their reproduction system and honey producing. The research involves testing the behavior of honeybees away from mobile phones, with a mobile phone in its standby mode and active communication mode. The results of the experiments verified that mobile phone affect the honeybees´ life system.
  • Keywords
    biological effects of microwaves; biological techniques; geophysical catastrophes; mobile handsets; zoology; bee navigation; bee organ; cell phone radiation effect; climate change; colony collapse disorder; environmental disaster; extinction; fungal pathogen; honey production; honeybee behavior; honeybee life cycle; magnetic force; microwave exposure; mobile phone active communication mode; mobile phone effect; mobile phone standby mode; pesticide; radio frequency radiation signal; reproduction system; wild life; GSM; Jamming; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Spectrogram; Time-frequency analysis; Uplink; Audiogram; Colony collapse Disorder; Honeybees; Mobile phone Radiation; Spectrogram;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    EUROCON, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Zagreb
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2230-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUROCON.2013.6625032
  • Filename
    6625032