VOLUME 3 Issue 3/5
THE CONTENT OF HEAVY METALS IN FRESHLY BUILT BEE HONEYCOMBS (TONGUES) – AN INDICATOR OF MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Yosyp RІVІS1, Volodymyr PОSTОIENKО2, Оlha HОPАNЕNKО3, Оlha STАDNYTSKА1, Іvan SАRАNCHUK4, Оleh KLYM1, Аndrii SHЕLЕVАCH1, Оlexandr DIACHЕNKО1
1Institute of Agriculture of the Carpathian Region of NAAS 2NSC “Institute of beekeeping named after P.I. Prokopovich”
3Andrei Krupynskyi Lviv Medical Academy 4Bukovyna state agricultural research station of ІACR of NААS
It was established that in bee pollen, abdominal tissues of honey bees and in freshly built bee combs the content of heavy metals increases. At the same time, in the above direction, the coefficients of transition of Ferrum, Zinc, Copper, Chromium, Nickel, and especially Lead and Cadmium from bee pollen to bee combs increase strongly; Ferrum, Zinc, Cobalt, Nicol and especially Lead and Cadmium from abdominal tissues. The high level of heavy metals in bee combs obtained from beehives located in the foothills and especially forest-steppe areas of the Carpathian region is a consequence of their urbanization and industrialization. The content of heavy metals in freshly built bee combs can serve as an indicator of technogenic pollution of the territory.
Keywords: different territories of the Carpathian region, the content of heavy metals in freshly built bee combs.