Content some heavy metals in bees organism according to ecological conditions of natural environment

I. I. Kovalchuk, I. I. Saranchuk, G. G. Denys

Data about the maintenance of heavy metals in bees organism depending on different ecological conditions are submitted. It was established that in late summer period belly, pectoral part and head of honey bees, kept in polluted areas, contains more iron and lead. Piling up of zinc, copper, chrome and cadmium for them depends on part of body and type of polluted area. Fluctuations in the concentrations of certain heavy metals in tissues tummy, breast and head caused by the influence of anthropogenic factors, the main of which is the presence of mining and enrichment plant and a cement plant in the surveyed areas.

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