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Bee-population collapse, electric fields, and the implications for our health.
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An interesting hypothesis to the collapse of the bee populations all over the world, and the threat this poses to our food supply.Blaming our cell phones, electronic gadgets, and transmission towers for the mass decline in the bee population seems unbelievable, but that is indeed what some scientists are proposing. Apparently bees are particularly sensitive to electric fields - they carry an electrical charge naturally. Is it possible we've hit a tipping point with respect to the amount of electric fields in the atmosphere, and now the bees are dying out? The stats are astounding - 60% of commercial bees in western North America, 70% in eastern North America, and colony collapse has also been reported in Germany, Spain, Greece, England, Switzerland and Italy. Beekeepers say that the bees leave the colony and simply don't return. There is no doubt about the decline in the bee populations - the question that needs to be answered very urgently is why? Other theories include GMO foods, pesticide and herbicide use among others.
Albert Einstein suggested that if the bees disappear, humankind has only about 4 or 5 years left, because bees are responsible for most of the pollination of the plants. Once the plants are no longer viable, we've lost our food supply. Hopefully Einstein is wrong, and we have enough other pollinators to do the job should the bees not survive.
If we find out that electric fields are indeed what is causing the collapse of the world's bees, would you be willing to give up your electronic gadgets in order to be able to eat? How likely is it that transmission towers would be dismantled if it became clear that our lives depended on it, considering how slowly governments / companies / individuals are moving on climate change?
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
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#2: Bee collapse
This should be a relatively easy hypothesis to study. Bees could be placed in a containment area and their navigation studied with an emf turned on or off.
Gary Levin MD
Hi Gary,
I bet someone is doing a study like that somewhere! Hopefully the results will be published in a respectable journal so the world can take notice of the results, and act accordingly ...
Vreni Gurd
Health and Vitality Coach
BPHE, CHEK 3, HLC 2
www.wellnesstips.ca
Hi Gary,
I commented a bit too soon previously. The Bee World link that I attached explains how bees use electric fields, and what happens when the fields become stronger. Bees need the electric fields to recognize other bees from the same colony, to help them find food, and to help them return to the colony. Based on that article, it may be fields as low as 10 - 30kHz, 800m/v that are too much for the bees to take. This number may need to be clarified with further research, and also at what strength do the bees stop returning to their colonies.
So the way I see it, there is not much question that EMF fields play a role in the life of bees, and that higher fields are problematic for them - the question is whether or not these fields are what is causing the extensive colony collapse, or if it that in combination with other factors, or something else altogether.
Last year we had a lot of bees coming to our flowers. It will be interesting to see if they come back this year. I sure hope so ...
Vreni Gurd
Health and Vitality Coach
BPHE, CHEK 3, HLC 2
www.wellnesstips.ca
#5: Bee Collapse
I did not see the attachment. Interestingly enough I was at UC Riverside today. (they have some large citrus experimental stations.) Lots of pollination this time of year....the orange blossoms are out right now). I'll bet there is a bee expert here.
I am involved in developing the new UCR medical school which will take it's first class in 2008.
I'll ask around the bee lab and see what they say.
Honey is great for you as well.
I looked at your web pages and The Chek Institute. I have a daughter who is a triathlete as well. (small world)
Gary Levin
Hi Gary,
Wow, that must be neat to be involved in the birth of a new medical school!
If you happen to talk to a bee expert, I would love to hear what they have to say!
And I agree, raw honey is fabulous - full of healthful enzymes. Too bad through pasteurization the honey is destroyed and is nothing more than a pot of sugar. Thankfully it isn't too hard to find raw honey in the stores.
Good luck to your daughter in her athletic efforts.
Vreni Gurd
Health and Vitality Coach
BPHE, CHEK 3, HLC 2
www.wellnesstips.ca
I just heard that the midge fly, the fly responsible for pollinating the cocoa plant, is also dying out.
If that is true, that could be the one thing worse than the bee population dying out.
Marc
Living with MCL
Now that would be a true disaster. I love my dark chocolate, and have some almost every day ...
Must say, I've never heard of the midge fly before tonight, but figure we must immediately start a campaign to save them. Life without chocolate would be rough!
Vreni
Health and Vitality Coach
BPHE, CHEK 3, HLC 2
www.wellnesstips.ca
I see that this topic has gained national media attention. Last night Bill Maher was discussing this issue. I also have seen several sound bytes of the bee's plight (and ours)... This cycle may be due to a multiplicity of factors, toxins, pollutions, temperature variations, ?global warming? I will keep you posted if I dig anything up here at UCR.
Yes, the birth of a new medical school is quite exciting.....it is about at the state where the sperm is on it's way to the ova.
Gary L
#10: Another theory ...
Hi Gary,
Another theory that was recently proposed was some kind of fungus that is affecting the bee population ... I agree that it is probably due to a number of factors rather than just one. Hopefully we can sort it out, so we can do something to prevent their disappearance. Even if the wind can do an adequate pollination job, I would sincerely miss the honey.
Vreni Gurd
Health and Vitality Coach
BPHE, CHEK 3, HLC 2
www.wellnesstips.ca
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I have always been interested in what we can do to make ourselves as healthy as possible. We cannot change our genetics, but there is much that is within our control that can have an impact on whether we are healthy or whether we suffer with pain and disease.
I was the top graduating student at the University of Toronto in Physical and Health Education in 1992, where I studied anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, nutrition and how exercise can improve health. In 1997 moved to Vancouver and started a personal-training business.
I became frustrated by my inability to help my clients through their various aches and pains, and pursued further education through the CHEK Institute in San Diego. I learned an incredible amount, and became far more effective with my clients suffering from low-back pain, but still found some clients did not respond as I felt they should and I didn't understand why.
I began to read and read. I began to appreciate how nutrition and other lifestyle factors can have a huge impact on healing or the lack of healing. It became obvious to me that there is a lot more to orthopeadic problems than simply looking at the physical. I took the CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Consultation course which solidified what I had been learning. Disease is a function of bodily systems being out of balance, and when we do what is necessary to bring the individual back into balance our health is restored.
My hope is that through this site you can travel the wellness journey with me and prevent illness, or if you are ill, you can learn some ways to become well again.
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I fully agree that electro magnetic radiation is harming honey bees. There is a great amount of scientific evidence to show that it is harming humans, animals, birds and insects. This is an environmental pollutant that we cannot ignore. EMR is amongst the worst environmental problems today. EMR may also be a causal factor in global warming.