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Preliminary Evidence That Fiji Water Has Protective Effects against Aluminum Toxicity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
dc.contributor.author | Stauch, Kiri Li N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Chicas-Mosier, Ana M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Abramson, Charles I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-09T18:43:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-05-09T18:43:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-02-20 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stauch, K. L. N., Chicas-Mosier, A. M., & Abramson, C. I. (2023). Preliminary Evidence That Fiji Water Has Protective Effects against Aluminum Toxicity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera). Insects, 14(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020211 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34148 | |
dc.description.abstract | Researchers have determined that bioavailable aluminum chloride (AlCl3) may affect honey bee behavior (e.g., foraging patterns and locomotion) and physiology (e.g., abdominal spasms). The purpose of these experiments was to determine if Fiji water reduces the impacts of AlCl3 toxicity in bees by measuring circadian rhythmicity (number of times bees crossed the centerline during the day and night), average daily activity (average number of times bees crossed the centerline per day), and mortality rates (average number of days survived) using an automated monitor apparatus. Overall, the AlCl3 before and after Fiji groups had significantly higher average daily activity and rhythmicity rates compared to their respective AlCl3 before and after deionized water (DI) groups. One of the AlCl3 before DI groups exhibited no difference in rhythmicity rates compared to its respective AlCl3 after Fiji group. Overall, these results suggest that Fiji water might exert protective effects against AlCl3. The AlCl3 groups paired with Fiji water had higher activity and rhythmicity levels compared to the AlCl3 groups paired with DI. It is important for researchers to continue to study aluminum and possible preventatives for aluminum uptake. | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | Aluminum chloride | en_US |
dc.subject | Apis mellifera | en_US |
dc.subject | Honey bees | en_US |
dc.subject | Silica | en_US |
dc.title | Preliminary Evidence That Fiji Water Has Protective Effects against Aluminum Toxicity in Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
kusw.kuauthor | Chicas-Mosier, Ana M. | |
kusw.kudepartment | Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/insects14020211 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-9505 | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8961-3089 | en_US |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | en_US |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | PMC9958646 | en_US |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |