{"id":3679,"date":"2011-06-24T11:53:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T11:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:07","slug":"used-cell-phones-disturbing-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/used-cell-phones-disturbing-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Used Cell Phones Disturbing Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bee.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1327\" title=\"bee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bee.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1327 lazyload\" title=\"bee\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/bee.gif\"><\/a>It is a theory that has been postulated, rejected, reoffered, rejected and resurrected again and again in the media \u2013 are used cell phones disturbing bees and causing what has been termed \u201ccolony collapse disorder\u201d?<br>\nA new study from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology appears to come out in favor of the theory actually being true.&nbsp; The research say that bees buzz in a different way when near the signals given off by new and old cell phones, and that the resultant different behavior could be responsible for the collapse of colonies.&nbsp; The researchers put two cell phones into beehives and operated them, first in standby mode and then connecting to one another.&nbsp; While the bees appeared not to notice the cell phones when in standby mode, their behavior altered when the phones were actually in use, with their buzzing becoming considerably 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