Exposure scheme separates effects of electric shock and electric field for honey bees, Apis mellifera L
Mechanisms to explain disturbance of honey bee colonies under a 765-kV, 60-Hz transmission line (electric (E) field = 7 kV/m) fall into two categories: direct bee perception of enhanced in-hive E fields, and perception of shock from induced currents. The same adverse biological effects previously observed in honey bee colonies exposed under a 765-kV transmission line can be reproduced by exposing worker bees to shock or E field within elongated hive entranceways (= tunnels). Exposure to intense E field caused disturbance only if bees were in contact with a conductive substrate. E-field and shock exposure can be separated and precisely defined within tunnels, eliminating dosimetric vagaries that occur when entire hives are exposed to E field.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6864149
- Journal Information:
- Bioelectromagnetics (N.Y.); (United States), Vol. 9:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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