I was disappointed at how "thin" this story was. I was hoping for much more specific evidence. The big question that wasn't answered -- why now? What's changed in the last year or two that would have caused an abrupt change. And weren't cell phones a lot more prevalent in other countries (e.g., Japan, Europe, UK) before they were in the States? Then why are we seeing this happening here first? Also, a link I found said that the quoted German study was about placing a portable phone base station near (in?) a hive... These use a different frequency than mobile phones.

Alarming story that gives little or no evidence to back up the assertion. Quite the contrary in fact: if the Bee epidemy started in the US, this would be a strong indication that Mobile Phone is NOT the cause (bear in mind that US usage of mobile phone is trailing most other industrialized countries including the UK). Based on the source cited here, the cause is something else than mobile phone....

an interesting exploratory story about the problem of disappearing bees and cell phones, albeit a bit thin on research sources but clearly identifies that the research quoted is preliminary.

Clearly written and well researched.

very interesting, links to other research

A good overview of an alarming development.

Very hard to believe and digresses to many sensational claims.

Interesting possibility, based mostly on one "limited study," doesn't give much detail of that study. Another source suggests the strange quote of Einstein opining on beekeeping is unverifiable. Also goes on a rather biased rant about cell phones and brain tumours (studies are in fact contradictory as yet), speculating wildly that modern teenagers will be senile in middle age.

The story is well written, but, the premise of cell phones somehow killing off beesis not explored from more than one source. What do other experts think? What are some other theories about why bees are disappearing? cell phones have been around for a while, but bees are *just now* starting to die off,why? The article doesn't really explore this too well