Question

one study found that the radiation released by cell phone towers affects the life of honey bees. This leads not only to scarcity of honey but also affects pollination biodiversity and agricultural products​

Answer 1

Only a few of the studies are done about EMFradiation in cell towers. The cell tower and multiple cell towers in the same location can have the possibility of colony collapse. The mobile phone with respect to its density and battery level also be considered. For that SAR and Connect values will be used as the measuring parameters. Effect of electromagnetic radiations on brooding, honey production and foraging behavior of European honey bees, Pramod mall and YogeshKumar (2014) made an experimental study and resulted that there is an insignificant change in honey bee colony by electromagnetic radiation 14. The three-phenomenon taken into the study is a colony under cell phone tower - The cell phone tower radiation emission is zero degree at this point. Therefore, the radiation must be very less and it will not create any major risks. For example, may birds are having to construct their nest in cell phone towers. The second experimentation was done with mobile phone kept in a colony. Mobile phones will not cause any biological damages in a colony is acceptable but the mobile phone radiation level increases during communication time only. Hence the test did not include that criterion. Effect of electromagnetic radiation of cell phone tower on the foraging behavior of Asiatic honey bee, Apiscerana F. (Hymenopteran: Apidae), RituRanjanTaye, Mukul Kumar Deka, Ataur Rahman and ManhaBathari (2017) made an experimental study about CCD caused by cell phone towers 15. The test is carried in different distance levels from cell towers with the colony. They calculated foraging behavior, in and out the count of bees and honey collected by each honey bee to the nest. This experimental study reveals that there is a slight loss of all activities in the colony where is closer to the radiation level. The foraging behavior may possibly have affected due to cell tower radiation.