Comments on: Is Your Mobile Phone Driving Away the Bees? http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/ All About Mobile 2.0 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:35:40 -0600 hourly 1 By: Jackie Baldwin http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-401087 Jackie Baldwin Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:48:47 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/#comment-401087 Hi... In recognition of the American Library Assn.'s 2008 Summer Reading Program: Catch the Reading Bug, I am compiling and editing a book titled Bees, Beetles, Butterflies and Other Beguiling Bugs: Folktales, Songs and Stories From Around the World. I am a storyteller/teacher living in Sonoma, CA. I am doing this as a volunteer effort for other storytellers, librarians and teachers to use when preparing their stories for this summer. I am not selling the book. I would like to use your image of the coming-and-going bees as part of the section on bees. Will you grant permission for this use? Thanks for your consideration. Jackie Baldwin Story Lovers World www.story-lovers.com Hi…
In recognition of the American Library Assn.’s 2008 Summer Reading Program: Catch the Reading Bug, I am compiling and editing a book titled Bees, Beetles, Butterflies and Other Beguiling Bugs: Folktales, Songs and Stories From Around the World.

I am a storyteller/teacher living in Sonoma, CA. I am doing this as a volunteer effort for other storytellers, librarians and teachers to use when preparing their stories for this summer. I am not selling the book.

I would like to use your image of the coming-and-going bees as part of the section on bees.

Will you grant permission for this use?

Thanks for your consideration.
Jackie Baldwin
Story Lovers World
http://www.story-lovers.com

]]> By: Phred http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-141084 Phred Tue, 01 May 2007 21:57:45 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/#comment-141084 Actually, there's still no conclusive evidence. The difficulty is that there are no dead bodies to examine and so it's unclear that it's a mite or fungus problem (those usually leave lots of dead bees around). They've just disappeared. It's a problem for sure and I believe it's ultimately linked to the increasing homogeneity of their food source, i.e. flowering fruits. Industrial farming has decreased the diversity of crops and they've started to feed bees corn syrup to supplement their diets, so it might be having an impact on the bees' ability to stay healthy, kind of like people eating McDonald's every day... Actually, there’s still no conclusive evidence. The difficulty is that there are no dead bodies to examine and so it’s unclear that it’s a mite or fungus problem (those usually leave lots of dead bees around). They’ve just disappeared. It’s a problem for sure and I believe it’s ultimately linked to the increasing homogeneity of their food source, i.e. flowering fruits. Industrial farming has decreased the diversity of crops and they’ve started to feed bees corn syrup to supplement their diets, so it might be having an impact on the bees’ ability to stay healthy, kind of like people eating McDonald’s every day…

]]> By: Kyle Johnson http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-140954 Kyle Johnson Tue, 01 May 2007 15:07:07 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/#comment-140954 Um, your really, really behind. Last week's reports have indicated that the issue is a fungus that has migrated over from Europe causing the hive deaths, not cell phones. There is nothing to see here. Move along. Um, your really, really behind. Last week’s reports have indicated that the issue is a fungus that has migrated over from Europe causing the hive deaths, not cell phones. There is nothing to see here. Move along.

]]> By: Curt http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-140704 Curt Tue, 01 May 2007 01:22:25 +0000 http://mobilecrunch.com/2007/04/30/is-your-mobile-phone-driving-away-the-bees/#comment-140704 You're kidding right? Europe has much denser cell-phone usage than the U.S. and this problem went away when they suspended the use of system chemicals on the farms. The current shift in the Earth's poles probably have more to do with this than anything I've read so far. You’re kidding right? Europe has much denser cell-phone usage than the U.S. and this problem went away when they suspended the use of system chemicals on the farms.

The current shift in the Earth’s poles probably have more to do with this than anything I’ve read so far.

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