Characterization of Microplastics in Bees and Their Products in Urban and Rural Areas of the Sabana De Bogotá, Colombia

Luis David Gómez-Méndez; Jorge Eliecer Robles Camargo; Ricardo Vera Bravo; Angela Margarita Moncaleano Nino; Carlos Devia  Castillo; Rodulfo Ospina Torres; Yisela Escobar-Cortés; Mariana Camacho-Erazo; Angela Rocio Amarillo Suarez

doi:10.3390/microplastics3040036

Characterization of Microplastics in Bees and Their Products in Urban and Rural Areas of the Sabana De Bogotá, Colombia

Título traducido de la contribución: Caracterización de microplásticos en abejas y sus productos en zonas urbanas y rurales de la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Luis David Gómez-Méndez, Jorge Eliecer Robles Camargo, Ricardo Vera Bravo, Angela Margarita Moncaleano Nino, Carlos Devia Castillo, Rodulfo Ospina Torres, Yisela Escobar-Cortés, Mariana Camacho-Erazo, Angela Rocio Amarillo Suarez

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Los microplásticos, fragmentos de plástico menores a 5 mm presentes en el ambiente debido a la descomposición de plásticos más grandes, pueden causar daños a diversos ecosistemas y especies de insectos polinizadores, como las abejas Apis mellifera . Estas abejas juegan un papel crucial en la ecología y producción de miel y polen, sirviendo también como bioindicadores de la calidad ambiental al ser sensibles a contaminantes como los microplásticos. En este estudio, evaluamos la presencia de microplásticos en estos insectos y sus productos (polen y miel) recolectados en agosto de 2021 y agosto de 2023 en zonas rurales (Tabio y Guasca) de Cundinamarca, Colombia, y zonas urbanas (Universidad Nacional de Colombia y Pontificia Universidad Javeriana) de Bogotá, Colombia. Cada año, se recolectaron 24 abejas, 10 g de miel y 5 g de polen por punto de muestreo. Los microplásticos en las abejas y sus productos se identificaron y cuantificaron mediante estereomicroscopía, con o sin pretratamiento de digestión con peróxido de hidrógeno. Se encontraron microplásticos en abejas, polen y miel en ambos períodos, con un aumento en su cantidad observado con el tiempo debido al aumento de la contaminación ambiental. Las fibras azules fueron los microplásticos más comunes, con una mayor cantidad registrada en 2023 en comparación con 2021.

Título traducido de la contribución	Caracterización de microplásticos en abejas y sus productos en zonas urbanas y rurales de la Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia
Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	589-598
Número de páginas	10
Publicación	Microplastics
Volumen	3
N.º	4
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics3040036 https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics3040036
Estado	Publicada - 10 oct. 2024

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microplasticos
abejas
productos de abejas
la Sabana de Bogotá
Colombia

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Gómez-Méndez, L. D., Robles Camargo, J. E., Vera Bravo, R., Moncaleano Nino, A. M., Devia Castillo, C., Ospina Torres, R., Escobar-Cortés, Y., Camacho-Erazo, M., & Amarillo Suarez, A. R. (2024). Characterization of Microplastics in Bees and Their Products in Urban and Rural Areas of the Sabana De Bogotá, Colombia. Microplastics, 3(4), 589-598. https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics3040036, https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics3040036

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Characterization of Microplastics in Bees and Their Products in Urban and Rural Areas of the Sabana De Bogotá, Colombia

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