Aluminium: New factor in the decline of bee populations?
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 13:00
in Biology & Nature
Very high amounts of aluminium contamination has been found in bees, raising the question of whether aluminium-induced cognitive dysfunction is playing a role in the decline of bumblebee populations. Aluminium is Earth’s most ubiquitous ecotoxicant and is already known to be responsible for the death of fish in acid lakes, forest decline in acidified and nutrient impoverished catchments, and low crop productivity on acid sulphate soils.