Preliminary Evidence That Fiji Water Has Protective Effects against Aluminum Toxicity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera).

ABSTRACT: Researchers have determined that bioavailable aluminum chloride (AlCl3) may affect honey bee behavior (e.g., foraging patterns and locomotion) and physiology (e.g., abdominal spasms). The purpose of these experiments was to determine if Fiji water reduces the impacts of AlCl3 toxicity in bees by measuring circadian rhythmicity (number of times bees crossed the centerline during the day and night), average daily activity (average number of times bees crossed the centerline per day), and mortality rates (average number of days survived) using an automated monitor apparatus. Overall, the AlCl3 before and after Fiji groups had significantly higher average daily activity and rhythmicity rates compared to their respective AlCl3 before and after deionized water (DI) groups. One of the AlCl3 befor

SUBMITTER: Stauch KLN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9958646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature