Biochemical changes in haemolymph of Apis mellifera L. drone under the influence of cell phone radiations

Abstract

Abstract:The effects of Electromagnetic radiations (EMR) are being felt by wildlife and the environment as a whole, birds, bees, worms, trees are being affected. So the main focus of present study was carried out to analyse the influence of cell phone radiations on the biochemical aspects of drone of Apis mellifera L. The drone was exposed for 30 mins to radiations using live cell phones kept in working mode with tape recorder at the speaker end and positive response at the receiver's end. The results of the treatment were analyzed and compared with the control. The concentration of various biomolecules increased from 1.65 mg/ml to 2.75 mg/ml for carbohydrates , 3.74 mg/ ml to 4.85 mg/ml for proteins and from 0.325 mg/ml to 1.33 mg/ml for lipids under the influence of EMR.

Biological and Chemical Activities of Honey Bee Colonies Exposed to Electromagnetic Radiation of Cell Phone Towers

“…The decreased in case of all treated groups as compared to that of control group which is due to decrease activity and confusion amongst insects under the influence of electromagnetic effect. These results are in line with Kumar et al, (2013). Values represent means ± S.E obtained from 6 replicates means in each column followed by different letters differ significantly at (p ≥ 0.05).…”

“…The control group has the lowest total carbohydrates and glucose values, while these values were increased in other hives (exposed to electromagnetic radiation). The overall increase in total carbohydrates in exposed workers was due to decreased activity as also studied by Kumar et al, (2013).Protein also showed the same behavior, as it can be observed increased protein concentration by increase of radiation exposure (from 10 to 3o min).The survival of the insect alive depends on the efficiency of protein synthesis process . Any stress happens to the insect shows the impact on the various metabolic processes carried out by the insect.…”

Impact of physical factors on activities of honey bees: potential hazards and future perspectives

“…Exposing bee drones to cell phone radiation causes an increase in carbohydrate, protein and lipid concentrations of semen with decreasing seminal enzyme ectivity (Kumar 2012). Also, increase in concentration of some biochemicals (carbohydrates, proteins and lipids of haemolymph) has been reported for honey bee drones exposed to electromagnetic radiations from cell phones (Kumar et al 2013). Moreover, exposure of bee larvae to high RF-EMF causes reduction in catalase activity and the lipid peroxidation level, and damages DNA (Vilić et al 2017).…”

“…Under laboratory conditions, e-fields and EMFs have a few negative impacts on honey bees (Kumar 2012;Kumar et al 2013;Vilić et al 2017). Experiments have shown negative effects on foraging, clustering and other activities of honey bees under different levels of e-fields and EMFs (Greenberg et al 1981;Altmann, Warnke 1987;Kimmel et al 2007;Favre 2011;Shepherd et al 2018), but there are contrasting studies (Gary and Westerdahl 1981;Carreck 2014).…”

Geographical Information System for Beekeeping Development

“…Studies have shown that some physical factors impact honey bees. Electromagnetic radiation is among these factors and impact honey bees under certain conditions (Kumar, 2012;Kumar et al, 2013;Vilić et al, 2017). Towers used to strengthen cell phone signals of or transmit electricity cause pollution with electromagnetic radiations at an apiary location in a given area.…”