670nm LEDs produce "near infrared" light, and can be bought for under 2
bucks each in lots of 100 from Mouser Electronics and others.
This paper claims that deploying several high-power LEDs to produce 40mw/
square cm after a pesticide kill will help the surviving (bumble) bees
recover.
Not sure what to think about this, as it sets off my "quackery alarm".
I'd like to see a "dose effect", where less exposure to the near-IR resulted
in less improvement, but here is what they have now:
Paper full text:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166531http://tinyurl.com/ztjaf7p
Best layman-language explanation I could find:
http://www.seeker.com/light-therapy-could-protect-imperiled-bees-from-pestic
ides-2098795806.html
http://tinyurl.com/gpwseua
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