[HTML][HTML] Honey bees as biomonitors of environmental contaminants, pathogens, and climate change

MM Cunningham, L Tran, CG McKee, RO Polo… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monitoring the environment for pollution, pesticides, and pathogens is crucial for protecting
human, agriculture, and overall ecosystem health. Diverse strategies ranging from physical …

Insects and public health: an overview

S Belluco, M Bertola, F Montarsi, G Di Martino… - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Traditional and emerging topics bridging insects and public health are
described because insects affect human and animal health. Addressing public health …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

Biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and plasticizers residues: Role of bees and honey as bioindicators of environmental contamination

C Di Fiore, A De Cristofaro, A Nuzzo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), heavy metals, and plasticizer residues are
continuously released into the environment. The use of living organisms, such as Apis …

The Honey Bee Apis mellifera: An Insect at the Interface between Human and Ecosystem Health

G Papa, R Maier, A Durazzo, M Lucarini, IK Karabagias… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Apis mellifera Linnaeus (1758), a honey bee, is a eusocial insect widely
known for its role in pollination, an essential ecosystem service for plant biodiversity, and …

Sources, chemical components, and toxicological responses of size segregated urban air PM samples in high air pollution season in Guangzhou, China

M Yang, HX Zeng, XF Wang, H Hakkarainen… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sources, sizes, components, and toxicological responses of particulate matter (PM)
have demonstrated remarkable spatiotemporal variability. However, associations between …

[HTML][HTML] Honey bees as biomonitors–Variability in the elemental composition of individual bees

NM Zarić, R Brodschneider, W Goessler - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Homogenized or pooled samples of honey bees are used for monitoring of metal pollution in
the environment already for a couple of decades. This is the first study that analyzed the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Review on main sources and impacts of urban ultrafine particles: Traffic emissions, nucleation, and climate modulation

QQ Li, YT Guo, JY Yang, CS Liang - Atmospheric Environment: X, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying and quantifying the sources and clarifying the impacts of ultrafine particles (UFP)
in the complicated urban environments are important for particle pollution control and UFP …

Biomonitoring of particulate matter and volatile organic compounds using honey bees and their products. A contemporary overview

D Marcoccia, EN Tzanetou, M Pietropaoli… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Airborne pollutants like particulate matter and volatile organic compounds can negatively
impact microbial, plant, and animal life as well as human health. Traditional environmental …