ArticleBiology letters2015
Negative impact of manganese on honeybee foraging.
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- Review on Sublethal Effects of Environmental Contaminants in Honey Bees (International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
- Factors Associated with Honey Bee Colony Losses: A Mini-Review.Veterinary sciences · 2020Review
- Cadmium and Selenate Exposure Affects the Honey Bee Microbiome and Metabolome, and Bee-Associated Bacteria Show Potential for Bioaccumulation.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2019Article
- Honey bees increase their foraging performance and frequency of pollen trips through experience.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Industrial-Scale Decontamination Procedure Effects on the Content of Acaricides, Heavy Metals and Antioxidant Capacity of Beeswax.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Acute sublethal exposure to toxic heavy metals alters honey bee (Apis mellifera) feeding behavior.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- The Role of Heavy Metals in Plant Response to Biotic Stress.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- Metabolomic analysis of pollen from honey bee hives and from canola flowers.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2018Article
- The Impact of Environmental Mn Exposure on Insect Biology.Frontiers in genetics · 2018Review
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Abstract
Anthropogenic accumulation of metals such as manganese is a well-established health risk factor for vertebrates. By contrast, the long-term impact of these contaminants on invertebrates is mostly unknown. Here, we demonstrate that manganese ingestion alters brain biogenic amine levels in honeybees and fruit flies. Furthermore, we show that manganese exposure negatively affects foraging behaviour in the honeybee, an economically important pollinator. Our findings indicate that in addition to its direct impact on human health, the common industrial contaminant manganese might also have indirect environmental and economical impacts via the modulation of neuronal and behavioural functions in economically important insects.
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