Honey bee worker as a bio-indicator for measuring environmental pollution in certain Upper Egypt Governorates

Abstract EN

Pollution is damage caused to water, air, etc.

by harmful substance, it is considered one of the major environmental problem, which is causing many diseases.

This study aimed to use honeybee's workers body as bio-indicator to monitor pollutants.

Samples were collected from some Upper Egypt Governorates.

Mass analyze coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) systems include double focusing magnetic-electrostatic sector systems with both single and multiple collectorwas used, as well as time of flight systems (both axial and orthogonal accelerators have been used).

The highest pollinate Governorate was (0.575 ppm) in Beni-Suef as the lowest one was (0.256 ppm) in Asyut and Aswan.

The highest pollinate elements was 2.294 ppm in manganese (less than the Egyptian's stander 0.02 ppm), but the lowest elements were - 0.356 ppm in boron (Just at the Egyptian's stander).

Honey bee Apis mellifera L.

(Hymenoptera: Apidae) could be used as bio-indicator in ecosystem to ecotoxicological.