A study by Swiss researcher Daniel Favre shows that mobile phone-generated electromagnetic fields may contribute to Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a condition that causes worker bees to desert the hive. In most cases, the queen bee is left with eggs, immature bees, and a lot of honey. The colony survives for a short time, but soon dies out without its workers.
Are cellphones killing bees? That's been the question of the hour as of late—the notion that sticking your hand into a hive and dropping in an iPhone or an Android smartphone (ouch!) is the tactical nuke of beekeeping. Here comes a bit of a buzzkill: cell phones don't kill bees outright.