Hundreds of bees drop dead around ‘5G towers’ in California

BIZARRE footage showing hundreds of bees dead on the floor surrounding what appeared to be two 5G towers has gone viral.

The superfast broadband has sparked controversy since rolling out this year, with health experts claiming it could have serious side effects on humans.

And there are now claims online that bees could also be affected after a video went viral.

The clip – taken in Sierra Madre, California - shows the lifeless bodies of the bees lying on the ground.

Philip Sites claimed they were spotted between two 5G poles – about 40ft apart.

“They have these things and they don’t even know if they’re safe for people,” he said in his video.

“But I can tell you they’re not safe for our environment because it is killing bees all over the place.”

He later claimed that “as I got further from the radius of the poles there were no more bees”.

More than 54,000 people have seen the clip since it was posted to YouTube on July 15.

Many viewers were horrified by the sight, with one saying: “Oh my God, thank you for documenting this.”

Another added: “That is not okay with me.”

But others questioned what was seen in the clip.

Some pointed out the bees could just be drone bees – which die after mating.

Others claimed the poles could not be holding 5G broadband, with one saying: “5G has only been installed in major cities, dude. It's not in Sierra Madre and it probably never will be.”

It is not the first time bees have been filmed dying on the floor under mysterious circumstances.

After a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck California last month, thousands of the creatureswere filmed covering the streets.

While the real reason for the sight is hard to explain, scientists have often noted how animals and insects can act strangely in the lead-up to an earthquake.

One study in Northern Taiwan that monitored insect populations over a period when a 7.3 and 6.8 earthquake hit, noted 'large declines' in the number of individual insects and also individual species.

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Telecom Construction Expert Offers Opinion on YouTube Video of Dead Bees Under 5G Cell Towers

By B.N. Frank

Earlier this week, Activist Post reported about the viral YouTube video that shows dead beesunder what was reported to be 5G small cells installed in California.

A Telecom Industry Construction Expert has weighed in and provided information that is equally if not more depressing:

Tyler Vanover

Industry construction expert here. Those towers are not 5g they are 4g. All modern 4g sites are outfitted with 5g capabilities. Not specifically to operate at 5g frequencies, but at the lower band using 4g radios to communicate with the future 5g infrastructure which will be much smaller antennas, every several hundred meters in every direction on every public street. This bee killing phenomenon has been talked about for years inside the industry. All tower climbers can attest to bees getting “drunk” on rf signal coming from the towers, which act as a lure. Heavily concentrated 4g activity like the site featured in this video, can aggregate alot of frequency, and since its so low to the ground, it becomes quite dangerous for low flying insects. Blame California city regulations for these “hidden” low height cell structures. We build them up high and away from people for a reason.

From ResearchGate:

The exponential increase of mobile telephony has led to a pronounced increase in electromagnetic fields in the environment that may affect pollinator communities and threaten pollination as a key ecosystem service. Previous studies conducted on model species under laboratory conditions have shown negative effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) on reproductive success, development, and navigation of insects.

Environmental Health Trust also offers two web pages that reference research on bees (see 1, 2).

Activist Post reports regularly about research that has determined all sources of cell phone and wireless radiation are biologically and environmentally harmful.  For more information, visit our archives and the following websites:

• Ecological Options Network
• ElectromagneticHealth
• EMF Safety Network
• Environmental Health Trust
• Last Tree Laws
• SaferEMR

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Utterly Horrifying – Video Evidence of the Bee Holocaust Caused by 4G and 5G Frequencies

https://youtu.be/X5IhKHGDKhM

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Effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMF) on honey bee queen development and mating success

Science of The Total Environment

Volume 661, 15 April 2019, Pages 553-562

RichardOdemer FranziskaOdemer

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Chronic RF-EMF exposure significantly reduced hatching of honey bee queens.

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Mortalities occurred during pupation, not at the larval stages.

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Mating success was not adversely affected by the irradiation.

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After the exposure, surviving queens were able to establish intact colonies.

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Mobile phones can be found almost everywhere across the globe, upholding a direct point-to-point connection between the device and the broadcast tower. The emission of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields(RF-EMF) puts the surrounding environment inevitably into contact with this radiation. We have therefore exposed honey bee queen larvae to the radiation of a common mobile phone device (GSM band at 900 MHz) during all stages of their pre-adult development including pupation. After 14 days of exposure, hatching of adult queens was assessed and mating success after further 11 days, respectively. Moreover, full colonies were established of five of the untreated and four of the treated queens to contrast population dynamics. We found that mobile phone radiation had significantly reduced the hatching ratio but not the mating success. If treated queens had successfully mated, colony development was not adversely affected. We provide evidence that mobile phone radiation may alter pupal development, once succeeded this point, no further impairment has manifested in adulthood. Our results are discussed against the background of long-lasting consequences for colony performance and the possible implication on periodic colony losses.

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US Beekeepers Lost 40% of Honeybee Colonies Last Year

Recent budget cuts by the Trump Administration slashed funding for the US Department of Agriculture's annual Honey Bee Colonies report that has recently detailed a collapse in the bee population across the nation. Now researchers will be observing a new study, one that hasn't been affected by spending cuts, shows beekeepers lost 40.7% of their bee colonies from April 2018 to April 2019.

The nationwide survey administered by the University of Maryland-led nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership warns of declining honey bee populations, could soon have an impact on food crops because these pollinating insects play a significant role in the pollination of plants.

Survey results reveal the annual loss of 40.7% honey bees, a marginal increase over the yearly average of 38.7%. The study noted that the winter losses were the highest since the survey began 13 years ago.

"These results are very concerning, as high winter losses hit an industry already suffering from a decade of high winter losses," said Dennis vanEngelsdorp, associate professor of entomology at the University of Maryland and president for the Bee Informed Partnership.

The survey asked more than 4,700 beekeepers managing 320,000 colonies from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, represents about 12% of the nation's estimated 2.69 million managed colonies.

One of the most significant concerns respondents had about the winter colony losses is varroa mites, an external parasitic mite that attacks and feeds on the colony. "We are increasingly concerned about varroa mites and the viruses they spread, said vanEngelsdorp. "Last year, many beekeepers reported poor treatment efficacy, and limited field tests showed that products that once removed 90% of mites or more are now removing far fewer. Since these products are no longer working as well, the mite problem seems to be getting worse," vanEngelsdorp said.

"But mites are not the only problem," continues vanEngelsdorp. "Land use changes have led to a lack of nutrition-rich pollen sources for bees, causing poor nutrition. Pesticide exposures, environmental factors, and beekeeping practices all play some role as well."

The ten-year trend of elevated losses have sent researchers scrambling to investigate what exactly is causing colonies to collapse, adds Geoffrey Williams, assistant professor of entomology at Auburn University and co-author of the survey. "We don't seem to be making particularly great progress in reducing overall losses."

State and federal agricultural agencies, university researchers, and the beekeeping industry have been working diligently to solve the bee crisis since they first discovered a dramatic loss in colonies about a decade ago.

Along with defunding honey bee surveys, the Trump administration has also allowed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expand the use of insecticides, once banned under the Obama administration.

The EPA reported last week that some of these toxic chemicals are "highly toxic" to honey bees, forcing the agency to require manufacturers of these chemicals to print new statements on the package that reads: 

"This product is highly toxic to bees and other pollinating insects exposed to direct treatment or to residues in/on blooming crops or weeds. Protect pollinating insects by following label directions intended to minimize drift and reduce pesticide risk to these organisms."

While researchers aren't exactly sure what is specifically collapsing bee colonies in large amounts, any more significant losses through the mid-2020s could transpire into widespread crop losses that could trigger food shortages across the US.

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