Honey Bee tissues as a biomarker for Environmental pollution with heavy metals. | ||||
| Delta Journal of Science | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 36, Issue 2, June 2013, Page 38-41 PDF (727.08 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Research and Reference | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/djs.2013.139633 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Yahya Al-Naggar; Mohamed H Mona; El-Saied Naiem; Amal I Seif | ||||
| Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The purpose of this study is to verify the importance of the body surface and tissues of foraging honey bee Apis mellifera as bioaccumulator of heavy metals that can therefore, be included in biomonitoring programmes of heavy metals in terrestrial ecosystems. The presence of five representative heavy metals (copper, zinc, cadmium, lead and iron) was investigated in honey bee tissues (mid gut, hind gut and fat body), body surface and wings using proton induced X-ray emission method. X-ray spectrums of mid gut and fat body of forager bees demonstrated small peaks for Cd, Pb, Fe and Ni compared to the control. Moreover, slightly larger peaks for Cu and Zn were noticed in the X-ray spectrums of whole honey bee mid gut, hind gut and fat body than those of the control. Forager honey bee body surface showed small peaks for Cu and Pb compared to the control. Similarly, small peaks for Cd, Pb and Ni were noticed in the X-ray spectrums of wings and hind gut of the forager honey bee compared to control. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Honey bee workers; Biomarker; Heavy metals; X-ray spectral analysis38 | ||||
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