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The original article suggested that Dr Jochen Kuhn and colleagues from the University of Landau,Germany had implied that experiments that they had recently carried out could provide “a hint” towards the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Examination of their experiments in fact suggested something very different. Kuhnand his colleagues were actually workingon the possible effects of electromagneticradiation from sources such as mobile phones on humans, and had suggested that, given their known sensitivity to electromagnetic radiation, honey bees could perhaps be studied as a model organism.

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Their experiments (Harst et al., 2007; Kimmel et al., 2007a,b) were however poorly designed, and given the very small sample size and the variability inherent in bee experiments, there are many possible explanations for their results. The story was, however, enthusiastically adopted by a single issuepressure group opposing mobile phones,and in the glare of the ensuing publicity, Kuhn and his colleagues were forced to distance themselves from claims that they had solved the problem of CCD.

Since the furore, some US scientists havecarried out some more carefully plannedstudies to determine the effects of mobilephones on honey bee behaviour (Mixon et al., 2009). They tested three sub-species of honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica, caucasiacaand syriaca) in a series of experiments. In laboratory Electromagnetic Radiation And Bees, Again...Norman Carreck experiments they found no effects of mobile phones on proboscis extension or feeding. They found no effects of mobile phones on navigation of free flying bees. Finally, they tested the effectsof mobile phones on aggression in bees, and found no effects.