A Tribute to the Bees

The honey bees are suffering from CCD (not to be confused with OCD or ADD). CCD is Colony Collapse Disorder, and that's exactly what they're doing - abandoning home en masse and leaving behind the dying remnants of an imploded colony which once was.

Sadly, the bees are dying. Their population has been reducing consistently (and dramatically) over the last 25 years. What does this mean to us? The bees perform one of the most fundamental worldly functions that supports life on earth (no, not honey, silly) - pollination. Without them, numerous plant species would not be able to survive.

Einstein once said that if the bees died out, we humans would only have four more years left on Earth.

Scientists have been trying to figure out the reason - with theories ranging from global warming to melting ice caps and changing wind patterns. But the latest research is pointing to a disturbing trend between disappearing bees and cellphone usage.

Bees, like migratory birds, depend for their sense of direction on the magnetic fields. And our cellphones and other wireless equipment are throwing the magnetic fields askew, and creating directional randomentia amongst the bees. Yep. Every minute we yak on our phones, a bee from Central Park finds itself looking for its hive in Yonkers. Each text message we send, a bee turns left instead of right.

Sigh. When are we going to get it right?