Veterinarska stanica, Vol. 51 No. 4, 2020.
Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.46419/vs.51.4.5
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) in biomonitoring of environmental pollution
Saša Zavrtnik
; Geotehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Jelena Loborec
; Geotehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Ivana Grčić
; Geotehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Damir Žubčić
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The role of bees in nature as plant pollinators and producers of certain irreplaceable natural products is indisputably crucial. However, recently, bees are increasingly being referred to as victims of environmental contamination, which poses a real threat to their survival. Bees are insects of the order Hymenoptera, with around 20,000 known species. The most common in this region is the honey bee or grey honey bee (Apis mellifera carnica). Bees are responsible for 87.5% pollination of flowering plants, which is especially important in agricultural production, while direct benefits of honey bees are seen in bee products, such as honey, bees wax, propolis, pollen, bee poison, and royal jelly. It is crucial to identify how and to what extent contaminants, such as heavy metals and pesticides from water, soil and air, reach plants and their products, and the bees and their products, since this can affect both bee health and human health. The overall links between inanimate nature, such as substances in water, soil and air, with external conditions, such as changes in habitats and climate changes should be considered, and their impacts on bee populations determined, as they are invaluable bio-indicators for biomonitoring of environmental contamination.
Ključne riječi
Apis mellifera; honey bee; environmental contamination; honey; heavy metals and pesticides; climate change
Hrčak ID:
238084
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Datum izdavanja:
12.6.2020.
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