Environmental monitoring of water sources using American honey bees

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Dustin James, dustinj@nmsu.edu, Chemistry & Biochemistry, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003 and Michael D. Johnson, johnson@nmsu.edu, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry MSC 3C, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003.
Remote monitoring of water supplies using honey bees has been studied in the US Jornada Research Station located in southern New Mexico. Using arid desert regions the water supply of honey bees was controlled and the uptake rates were monitored as a function of both distance and time. Uptake was measured by collection and analysis of 100g samples of bees at regular intervals over a 3 month period in addition to honey samples. The target metals were cobalt, copper, beryllium, silver, barium and nickel. Analyses were carried out using ICP/MS.
 

Environmental Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry
7:00 PM-9:00 PM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster

Sci-Mix
8:00 PM-10:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2008 Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Sci-Mix

Division of Inorganic Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008