Beskrivning
Pollinators are threatened by stressors from modern agricultural practices and industrial pollution. Much of the research on bee health has focused on terrestrial habitats with little attention to aquatic environments and water quality withinagricultural landscapes. Increased climate warming and human activity are linked to increased blooms of blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) which produce toxins proven to harm many animals, including invertebrates. Bees are known to collect
water for use in the hive for thermoregulation and diluting honey and typically prefer “dirty” water with salts and other compounds as a source of micronutrients. However, this foraging also increases their likelihood of exposure to toxins. We
found that bees exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of cyanotoxins had significantly reduced survival. We also show how bumblebees are affected by exposure to toxins from cyanobacteria under increased temperature such as
predicted under climate change.
Period | 2024 mars 13 |
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Evenemangstitel | Nordic Oikos 2024: New perspectives in ecological and evolutionary research |
Typ av evenemang | Konferens |
Plats | Lund, SverigeVisa på karta |
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