Do Magnets Harm Bees

They found that the material can be magnetized using a strong permanent magnet and that magnetizing the abdomen of a live honey bee disrupts its ability to navigate using local magnetic fields.

Can bees sense the magnetic field?

Honey bees have the ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic field and the suspected magnetoreceptors are the iron granules in the abdomens of the bees. … The neural responses elicited in response to the change of magnetic field were also recorded at the VNC.

Do electromagnetic fields affect bees?

We found that transient exposure to EMF reduces a bee’s ability to learn, reduces their memory retention, affects flight and foraging behavior all of which could potentially reduce their ability to pollinate.