ArticleBiological trace element research2021
Honey Bees and Their Products as Indicators of Environmental Element Deposition.
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- Sex-specific element accumulation in honey bees (Apis mellifera).Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025Article
- Foraging Activity of Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L., 1758) and Exposure to Cadmium: a Review.Biological trace element research · 2024Review
- Field Application of an Innovative Approach to Assess Honeybee Health and Nutritional Status.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Chemical Profile of Elements in the Stingless Bee Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) from Sites with Distinct Anthropogenic Activities.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Heavy Metal Concentrations of Beeswax (Apis mellifera L.) at Different Ages.Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2023Article
- Effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and environmental pollution assessment in Campania region (Italy) through the analysis of heavy metals in honeybees.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Article
- Chemical Profile of Elements in the Stingless Bee Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Biological trace element research · 2022Article
- Multi-Elemental Analysis as a Tool to Ascertain the Safety and the Origin of Beehive Products: Development, Validation, and Application of an ICP-MS Method on Four Unifloral Honeys Produced in Sardinia, Italy.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Analysis of Mercury Concentration in Honey from the Point of View of Human Body Exposure.Biological trace element research · 2022Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate element (sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, and lead) deposition in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) (worker bees, drone bees, and bee broods) and their products (wax and multifloral honey) in the central and north parts of Serbia using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The study was carried out during the spring and summer seasons when the honeybees were active (2019). Fifty-four colonies of honey bees from different apiaries (located in Rudnik, Lazarevac, and Ležimir) were used in this study. Significant differences in element concentrations were found among locations (P < 0.05). The highest deposition of elements (sodium, calcium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, zinc, arsenic, and cadmium) was found in worker bees. The most commonly detected elements in wax were chromium and lead. Mg had a significant (P < 0.01) correlation with K, Fe, Cu, and As. This study shows that honey bees (worker bees, drone bees, and bee broods) could be more useful as bioindicators of environmental element deposition (toxic and non-toxic) than multifloral honey. Also, this study shows that Serbian multifloral honey meets safety criteria concerning the concentrations of toxic elements.
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