Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, KFU
KAZAN
FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
 
SEASONAL VARIATION IN HEAVY-METAL ACCUMULATION IN HONEY BEES AS AN INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Form of presentationArticles in international journals and collections
Year of publication2015
Языканглийский
  • Bilalov Farid Sabirovich, author
  • Mukminov Malik Nilovich, author
  • Nikitin Oleg Vladimirovich, author
  • Skrebneva Lyudmila Anatolevna, author
  • Shuralev Eduard Arkadevich, author
  • Bibliographic description in the original language Bilalov F., Skrebneva L., Nikitin O., Shuralev E.A., Mukminov M. Seasonal variation in heavy-metal accumulation in honey bees as an indicator of environmental pollution // Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences. - 2015. - Vol. 6(4). - P. 215-221.
    Annotation Determination of contaminants in biological objects is one of the most important aspects of environmental health control. The objective of this study was to investigate heavy metals accumulation in bees at different seasons in areas with different degrees of technogenic pollution. The concentrations of six microelements in 36 honey bee samples taken from uncontaminated and contaminated environments were analyzed by atom-absorption spectrometry. The contents of heavy metals in bee samples differed significantly by season and location. Cadmium and manganese were found in higher concentrations in summer bees from contaminated apiaries than in autumn ones. On average, levels of cadmium, lead, manganese in contaminated areas exceeded those in control areas by 3.3, 4.5, 2.3 times respectively. There was no discrepancy found in concentration of heavy metals between summer and autumn bees from control apiaries.
    Keywords Apis mellifera, seasonal generations, bioindication, atom-absorption spectrometry
    The name of the journal Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences
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