<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the carried out research was to assess atmospheric aerosol pollution levels in the area of three apiaries located in the Opole Province and to analyse heavy metals pollution in bee honey and western honey bees. <italic>Pleurozium schreberi</italic> moss was used in analysing atmospheric aerosol pollution with the active biomonitoring method, whereas heavy metals levels were determined with flame atomic absorption spectrometry method (F-AAS). Relative Accumulation Factors (<italic>RAF</italic>) were used in determining increases of analytes concentrations in the moss samples. As a result of the carried out study, the following conclusions have been reached: mosses are good bioindicators of environment pollution thanks to their sorption qualities, similarly to honey bees, which are a bioindicator of environment pollution. According to the Commission Regulation of European Union of 2015 regarding the maximum levels of lead in certain foods (honey), it should not exceed 0.1 mg/kg. On the basis of the carried out study it can be stated that the concentration of this analyte in the analysed honey was below the limit of quantification of the applied analytical method.</p></abstract>

The aim of the carried out research was to assess atmospheric aerosol pollution levels in the area of three apiaries located in the Opole Province and to analyse heavy metals pollution in bee honey and western honey bees. Pleurozium schreberi moss was used in analysing atmospheric aerosol pollution with the active biomonitoring method, whereas heavy metals levels were determined with flame atomic absorption spectrometry method (F-AAS). Relative Accumulation Factors (RAF) were used in determining increases of analytes concentrations in the moss samples. As a result of the carried out study, the following conclusions have been reached: mosses are good bioindicators of environment pollution thanks to their sorption qualities, similarly to honey bees, which are a bioindicator of environment pollution. According to the Commission Regulation of European Union of 2015 regarding the maximum levels of lead in certain foods (honey), it should not exceed 0.1 mg/kg. On the basis of the carried out study it can be stated that the concentration of this analyte in the analysed honey was below the limit of quantification of the applied analytical method.

Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Aerosol with the use of <italic>Apis mellifera</italic> and <italic>Pleurozium schreberi</italic>

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The aim of the carried out research was to assess atmospheric aerosol pollution levels in the area of three apiaries located in the Opole Province and to...

Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Aerosol with the use of Apis mellifera and Pleurozium schreberi

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 107 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2019-0009

Keywords
mosses, honey, bees, heavy metals, biomonitoring

© 2019 Zuzanna Konopka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Biomonitoring of Atmospheric Aerosol with the use of Apis mellifera and Pleurozium schreberi

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 107 - 116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cdem-2019-0009

Keywordsmosses, honey, bees, heavy metals, biomonitoring

© 2019 Zuzanna Konopka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
mosses, honey, bees, heavy metals, biomonitoring