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The fact is that honeybees, which we need as a species to pollinate our crops, are disappearing. Colony Collapse Disorder, the scientists are calling it.

Two weeks ago the cause was apparently cell phones; scientists speculated that radiation given off by our handsets was mucking with the bees' internal navigation systems. (This could speedily be solved if the bees would just hire a snotty flight attendant telling us in no uncertain terms to shut our phones off.)

But this week, they're saying the culprit is actually a virus, not Verizon.

What murderous force is actually causing bee colonies to collapse? No one yet knows, though we here at Core have our own theories.

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Lyndsey SadlerApril 26, 2007 4:01 PM

a virus? a mystrious virsus? could this awkward virus be from cell phones?? huh?

Charles FrithApril 26, 2007 5:28 PM

I don't know. Is that amusing?

Katherine GibsonMay 7, 2007 1:07 PM

No matter the cause, their extinction will change the planet and the food chain forever. Fatal to humans... Albert Einstein thought so. Not a joke around the honeypot. Regardless of the cause, humans are the source of the cause, no doubt. Not a joke, either. If it is cell phones... will humans stop their use to save themselves... we haven't stopped the use of fossil fuels... hmmm, Winnie, we have a problem.

TuderkhanOctober 29, 2007 7:13 PM

Einstien has been quoted as saying when the bees are gone so are we but if you do your research youll see that he did not ever make that comment attributed to him look it up on WIKI

FrankOctober 29, 2007 8:17 PM

The good news is that people are eating more chemicals than actual food..

Bob WestMarch 25, 2009 5:54 PM

And the microwaves, chemicals and pollution do not weaken the immune system so they are susceptible to the virus!

Bees live only about a month and have very small and simple immune system and cannot recover from even small problems. They do not return home and die from starvation. We are not sure how they navigate least of all how to mess their navigation up.

These people do not look into all the possibilities. They are just working for the phone companies.

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