This study was conducted in the spring of 1999 in Al-Souida Region of
Syria, to know the effect of flower pollination by honeybees on flower and fruitset
and on the crop productivity of three varieties of apple. The experiment was
repeated in the
spring of 2001 on the same varieties in addition to others like
Yellow sport, but the weather conditions (spring-frost) didn’t allow to obtain
results.
The concentrations of copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb),
cadmium (Cd) in dead and live honeybees were determined by using
atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The samples were collected from
beehives of stationary apiariessituated in
five different locations of
Latakia; Qardahah (Asitamo), Haffeh (Dabba), Jableh (Snouper),Latakia
city (Al-Ramel Al-Shamali\ Autostrade of Al-Jomhouria) and Eastern
Entryway to Latakia (behind Al-Jood factory) , during the spring and
autumn in 2014.
