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Technical explorative survey on the phenomenon of dead bees inside the natural protected areas

 

29 September ISPRA has has recently completed the survey launched in 2009 by MATTM in collaboration with the Institute Sperimental Zooprofilattico of Lazio and Tuscany (IZS/LT),  the  Institute Sperimental Zooprofilattico of Venices (IZS / VE), the Department of Agro-environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTA) University of Bologna and the Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Pisa.
The study aimed to monitor, in five protected areas, the impact on bees (die-offs, depopulation, the presence of residues in hive products, etc..) of pollutants released into the environment by human activities.