"The same mite was also blamed when bees vanished from the Isle of Wight after December 12, 1901, when Marconi started his large radio station with transmissions across the Atlantic. But now we know better..."
"Since Marconi's days, numerous experiments and experiences with bees and radio transmitters have shown that bees are disturbed and flee. It takes no more than a mobile phone near the hive, or a cell tower, and they become restless."