It's true. Cell phones are the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder

[sarge43]

Beekeepers! Beware of Cell Phones!

Are cell phones killing our bees? I never let my bees use cell phones. The are social insects and I have found that once I let them have cell phones, it is impossible to control their use. The charges from time overruns can bankrupt even the most efficient apiary operation.

Once they learn to use them, they become dependent: They stop returning to the hive to dance and just phone in the location of their forage discoveries. Furthermore, the increased peer-to-peer communication plays havoc with tradition bee values. "To heck with pheromones!" they say. "Chemical communication is passe compared with digital."

As in many societies, the young are the early adopters, spending their time text messaging instead of doing their jobs. In the end we observe a breakdown in hierarchy and, fatally, anti-royalist sentiment. This, then, is the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - foolish notions of independence among the immature, loss of authority of the elders, breakdown of group cohesion, and collapse of the aristocracy.

Marc Hoffman, Silver Spring, MD
American Bee Journal, July 2007

[Orsino]

1. If I see one more bee flying around...

...yapping on a cell phone, I will go crazy! Shut up and watch where you're going!