BEES AS BIOINDICATORS TO GUARANTEE HEALTHY PRODUCTS FOR THE CONSUMER

Many investigators have employed honeybees or honeybee products as tools for assessing environmental pollution in industrial areas. The pollution in northwest Italy by insecticides used in crop protection, heavy metals and radioactivity has been investigated utilizing, as a bioindicator: honeybees,...

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Main Authors: B. Brusa, P. Guaraldo, A. Palma, G. Rinaldi, A. Rosso, P. Mogliotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2011-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Food Safety
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ijfs/article/view/754