Bioindicators and biomonitoring: honeybees and hive products as pollution impact assessment tools for the Mediterranean area

S Girotti, S Ghini, E Ferri, L Bolelli, R Colombo… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2020 - Springer
The global range of the environmental quality issues we all face necessitates integrated
action from all of the countries that suffer from a particular environmental issue. We must be …

The honey bee: An active biosampler of environmental pollution and a possible warning biomarker for human health

M Martinello, C Manzinello, N Dainese, I Giuliato… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Member states of the European Union are required to ensure the initiation of monitoring
programs to verify honey bee exposure to pesticides, where and as appropriate. Based on …

Honeybee biomarkers as promising tools to monitor environmental quality

A Badiou-Bénéteau, A Benneveau, F Géret… - Environment …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to distinguish the impacts of two different anthropogenic conditions
using the honeybee Apis mellifera as a bioindicator associated with a battery of biomarkers …

Honeybees as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution in urban and rural areas in the South of Italy

C Di Fiore, A Nuzzo, V Torino, A De Cristofaro… - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
The honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) has been used in several studies for monitoring the
environmental health status in terms of pollution, due to its wide-ranging foraging flights …

[PDF][PDF] Honey bees and bee products as monitors of the environmental contamination

C Porrini, AG Sabatini, S Girotti, S Ghini, P Medrzycki… - Apiacta, 2003 - researchgate.net
Honey bees are a good biological indicators because they indicate the chemical impairment
of the environment they live in through two signals: the high mortality (in the case of …

Use of honey bees as bioindicators of environmental pollution in Italy C. PORRINI, S. GHINI, S. GIROTTI, AG SABATINI

C Porrini, S Ghini, S Girotti - Honey Bees, 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
In Italy the use of honey bees in environmental monitoring goes back to the early 1980s with
initiatives to control pesticides in agro-ecosystems. In a pesticide monitoring station …

Honey bees and their products: Bioindicators of environmental contamination

Ż Bargańska, M Ślebioda… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Human activities produce contaminants, the amounts and toxicity of which often exceed the
environment's homeostatic capacity to cleanse itself. Hence, the systematic analysis and …

Effects of Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and environmental pollution assessment in Campania region (Italy) through the analysis of heavy metals in honeybees

M Scivicco, A Nolasco, L Esposito, A Ariano… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Covid-19 outbreak had a critical impact on a massive amount of human activities as well
as the global health system. On the other hand, the lockdown and related suspension of …

[PDF][PDF] Using honey bee as bioindicator of chemicals in Campanian agroecosystems (South Italy).

C Porrini, E Caprio, D Tesoriero, GD Prisco - 2014 - researchgate.net
Honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) have been used as biological indicators of Plant Protection
Products (PPPs) in two intensely cultivated river areas of Campania Region (South Italy) …

Elucidating the Role of Honey Bees as Biomonitors in Environmental Health Research

KS Mair, J Irrgeher, D Haluza - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The increasing release of harmful pollutants into our environment
threatens our health. To detect these dangerous substances, scientists are using special …