Abstract
Insects, and especially honeybees, are under major threat everywhere around the globe. Current studies lack in the consideration of potential effects which may directly affect other organisms or ecosystems, because of the very limited attention which is usually received by the potential adverse ecological effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Here, it is hypothesized that planetary enhancement of electromagnetic radiation produces a disturbing pollution for honeybees. In order to test this hypothesis, a bi-directional wide frequency range microphone was placed during the New Year’s Eve night 2019 in a honeybee hive, in order to detect and analyze potential changes in the acoustic behaviour of the bees due to increased phone induced RF- EM radiation. It was observed that the honeybees produced strong worker piping signals. Such signals are typically produced shortly before takeoff of a swarm, or as the sign of a disturbed colony. It is therefore hypothesized that planetary enhancement of electromagnetic radiation produces a disturbing pollution for honeybees, such as during the New Year’s Eve night. Evidence of proof of such electromagnetic waves taking place at New Year's Eve should be investigated worldwide during forthcoming similar events based on a global network of long term EM measurements.
Highlights
Honeybees are under major threat everywhere around the globe [1], [2]
Thielens et al [7] studied the effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) on the Western honeybee
These initial observations were substantiated by additional experiments that were performed with the controlled enhancement of the local radio frequency (RF)-EMF signals [9]
Summary
Honeybees are under major threat everywhere around the globe [1], [2]. The so-called colony collapse disorder (CCD) is a recent phenomenon [3]. Thielens et al [7] studied the effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMFs) on the Western honeybee They showed that a relatively small shift of 10% of environmental incident power density from frequencies below 3 GHz to higher frequencies will lead to a relative increase in absorbed power of a factor higher than 3. In 2011, I have shown that active mobile phone handsets have a dramatic impact on the behaviour of bees, namely by inducing the worker piping signal [8]. These initial observations were substantiated by additional experiments that were performed with the controlled enhancement of the local RF-EMF signals [9]. Worker piping either announces the swarming process of the bee colony or is a signal of a disturbed bee colony [10], [11]
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