I Miss My Swiss Bees (And My Swiss Bees Misses Me)

By MattyBcloseAuthor: MattyB Name: Matt Bortone
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When I think of Switzerland, I think of Heidi, William Tell and Ursula Andress, but not bees. However, the Swiss government is currently buzzing (!!) about an apiaceous apaetesis!

Apparently, mobile phones have taken over as one of the most likely causes of the sharp decline in the bee population of Switzerland. Wireless signals are alleged to scramble a bee’s internal sense of direction. The government are considering this to be a “national ecological crisis.”

I consider it a Mother Nature’s payback for Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Bee Movie’.

PS: ‘Bee Movie’ was still better than Michael Caine’s ‘The Swarm’ but I can’t remember if that was about bees or wasps and I’m guessing only about 19 people would remember it.

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