The Use of Pollen Collected by Honeybees in Detecting Environmental Pollution with Some Heavy Metals


Abstract in English

The samples of bee pollen were collected from inside and outside the honey beehives of apiaries situated in five different locations of Latakia; Al-Qardahah, Al-Haffeh, Jableh, Latakia city and Eastern Entryway to Latakia during the autumn in 2014. The concentrations of three heavy metals, zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) were determined in pollen by using atomic absorption.

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