For a critter that only lives six weeks, it just doesn't seem fair....
Comedy aside, it is interesting.
Sputnik News explains that, for their study on bees' decline, Exley and Goulson took bee pupae (the "bag" larvae form before turning into fully grown bumblebees) from naturally foraging populations in the UK, then analyzing it for aluminum levels, as it had been already found that they don't avoid eating nectar with high levels of this metal.
The results were staggering, possibly shedding some light into the bees' decline crisis: these pupae were found to be highly contaminated with the metal, and individual contents went from 13 to 200ppm; in fact, 3 ppm could be potentially harmful to human brain tissue, and so the excessive amount on bees could prove an important factor in their decline over the past years.
http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/20800/20150606/bees-decline-aluminum-caused-alzheimer-s-might-be-killing-insects.htm
The results were staggering, possibly shedding some light into the bees' decline crisis: these pupae were found to be highly contaminated with the metal, and individual contents went from 13 to 200ppm; in fact, 3 ppm could be potentially harmful to human brain tissue, and so the excessive amount on bees could prove an important factor in their decline over the past years.
http://www.foodworldnews.com/articles/20800/20150606/bees-decline-aluminum-caused-alzheimer-s-might-be-killing-insects.htm
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