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| Title | Pollution problem: acid rain and beekeeping |
| Creator/Author | Hayes, B. |
| Publication Date | 1979 Nov 01 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 6151818 |
| Resource Type | Journal Article |
| Resource Relation | Journal Name: Glean Bee Cult; (); Journal Volume: 107:11 |
| Subject | 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ACID RAIN; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; BEES; POPULATION DENSITY; FOOD CHAINS; CONTAMINATION; PLANTS; PLANT GROWTH; SOILS; LEACHING; AIR POLLUTION; CALCIUM; ECOLOGY; FEDERAL REGION I; FEDERAL REGION II; FEDERAL REGION III; FEDERAL REGION IV; FORAGE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PH VALUE; POLLEN; ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ANIMAL FEEDS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; DISSOLUTION; ELEMENTS; FOOD; GAMETES; GERM CELLS; GROWTH; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION; RAIN; SEPARATION PROCESSES; USA |
| Description/Abstract | Some of the problems caused by acid rain are presented with emphasis on the effects on bees, especially in the Northeast. Scientists believe that rain east of the Mississippi is below 5.6 and average Northeastern rainfall is now down to pH 4. Trace minerals are being leached out of the soils and nectar that lacks calcium is being passed by when the bees forage. The first plants to show the effects will be the wild varieties of the legumes, such as clover. This leaves only plants on the extreme end of the acid scale such as the blueberry for bee forage. This leads to the side effect of the movement of calcium in nectar which will be restricted due to a lack of calcium-lime. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: X; Size: Pages: 583 |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Dec 17 |
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