[Banana]

Originally Posted by Moogs Just a thought: if it were the magnetic fields reversing, and it were happening enough to throw all the migratory bees and whatever else, off their path... wouldn't there be *all kinds* of crazy shit going on in the human world? Compass-based navigation problems (on ships), problems with the power grids, etc?

*ahems* *direct Moogs' attention to certain posts*

Originally Posted by Chinney Scary stuff. If it were the poles reversing, wouldn’t it be affecting other somewhat-related insect species as well, such as wasps? I’ve sure not noticed any lack of wasps over recent years. I thought than I had heard speculation about the cause being something far less exotic than reversing polarity, like disease or a parasite. G's link would indicate that these and related theories are the main ones.

Originally Posted by Banana Edit: Chinney seems to be spot on about magnetic fields as well; there's several other species that do use magnetic fields for navigation; we should be seeing pigeons flying into windows if this was a factor.

Originally Posted by billybobsky Or migratory birds even?