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Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals - Chapter 8

Khái niệm của việc sử dụng ong mật như chỉ số của sự hiện diện của chất gây ô nhiễm môi trường vẫn tiếp tục xứng đáng nhận nhiều cẩn thận trên toàn cầu. Nhiều nghiên cứu ong mật có Chứng minh đó có thể được sử dụng để thành công mẫu khu vực năm chất gây ô nhiễm môi trường. Hiện nay ong mật được sử dụng để Là Giám sát ô nhiễm môi trường đa dạng bao gồm nhiều nguyên tố vi lượng và hạt nhân phóng xạ. Thông tin thu thập từ Chương trình Giám sát luận. | 8 Honey bees as indicators of radionuclide contamination A truly useful biomonitor T.K. Haarmann Summary The concept of using honey bees as indicators of the presence of environmental contaminants continues to receive much deserved attention around the globe. Many studies have demonstrated that honey bees can be used successfully to sample an area for environmental contaminants. Honey bees are currently being used to monitor a variety of environmental pollutants including many trace elements and radionuclides. Information collected from these monitoring programs can support the ongoing attempts to assess the influences of contaminants on living systems and their impacts to ecosystems. In addition comparing the concentration of contaminants in the hive and bees to the known concentrations in the surrounding area is useful in modeling the redistribution of contaminants through ecosystems. Understanding the dynamics of the interactions between honey bees and contaminants becomes a critical component in interpreting the data collected as part of a monitoring program. In particular incorporating honey bees into an environmental monitoring program designed to examine radionuclides presents unique issues and problems. While honey bees can be indicators of radionuclide contamination how truly useful are they This chapter describes a series of field experiments designed to examine some of the pros and cons of using honey bees in this capacity. Introduction Background Many facilities around the world are actively involved in the research and development of nuclear-related materials and the production of nuclear energy. Inherent in the many processes involved in this type of work is the production of radioisotopes. Unfortunately some of these radionuclide waste products have found their way into surrounding natural areas. Historically sampling for environmental contaminants has been done on the 2002 Taylor Francis Bees as indicators of radionuclide contamination 133 various .