Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives
The recent decline of European honey bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) has prompted a surge in research into their chemical environment, including chemicals produced by bees, as well as chemicals produced by plants and derived from human activity that bees also interact with. This study sough...
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| author | Emma J. Bullock Alexis M. Schafsnitz Chloe H. Wang Robert L. Broadrup Anthony Macherone Christopher Mayack Helen K. White |
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| description | The recent decline of European honey bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) has prompted a surge in research into their chemical environment, including chemicals produced by bees, as well as chemicals produced by plants and derived from human activity that bees also interact with. This study sought to develop a novel approach to passively sampling honey bee hives using silicone wristbands. Wristbands placed in hives for 24 h captured various compounds, including long-chain hydrocarbons, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, sugars, and sterols with wide ranging octanol–water partition coefficients (K<sub>ow</sub>) that varied by up to 19 orders of magnitude. Most of the compounds identified from the wristbands are known to be produced by bees or plants. This study indicates that silicone wristbands provide a simple, affordable, and passive method for sampling the chemical environment of honey bees. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93f284e1fe0a4df8b5c37ac3f3e0f2ba2023-11-20T05:58:15ZengMDPI AGVeterinary Sciences2306-73812020-07-01738610.3390/vetsci7030086Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee HivesEmma J. Bullock0Alexis M. Schafsnitz1Chloe H. Wang2Robert L. Broadrup3Anthony Macherone4Christopher Mayack5Helen K. White6Department of Chemistry, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, USADepartment of Chemistry, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, USADepartment of Chemistry, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, USADepartment of Chemistry, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, USALife Science and Chemical Analysis Group, Agilent Technologies, 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USADepartment of Biology, Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USADepartment of Chemistry, Haverford College, 370 Lancaster Ave, Haverford, PA 19041, USAThe recent decline of European honey bees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) has prompted a surge in research into their chemical environment, including chemicals produced by bees, as well as chemicals produced by plants and derived from human activity that bees also interact with. This study sought to develop a novel approach to passively sampling honey bee hives using silicone wristbands. Wristbands placed in hives for 24 h captured various compounds, including long-chain hydrocarbons, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, sugars, and sterols with wide ranging octanol–water partition coefficients (K<sub>ow</sub>) that varied by up to 19 orders of magnitude. Most of the compounds identified from the wristbands are known to be produced by bees or plants. This study indicates that silicone wristbands provide a simple, affordable, and passive method for sampling the chemical environment of honey bees.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/7/3/86<i>Apis mellifera</i>beesilicone bandhivepassive sampler |
| spellingShingle | Emma J. Bullock Alexis M. Schafsnitz Chloe H. Wang Robert L. Broadrup Anthony Macherone Christopher Mayack Helen K. White Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives Veterinary Sciences <i>Apis mellifera</i> bee silicone band hive passive sampler |
| title | Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives |
| title_full | Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives |
| title_fullStr | Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives |
| title_short | Silicone Wristbands as Passive Samplers in Honey Bee Hives |
| title_sort | silicone wristbands as passive samplers in honey bee hives |
| topic | <i>Apis mellifera</i> bee silicone band hive passive sampler |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/7/3/86 |
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