Flying honey bees adsorb airborne viruses

Authors: Lighthart, Bruce¹; Prier, Kevin²; Bromenshenk, Jerry³

Source: Aerobiologia, Volume 21, Number 2, June 2005 , pp. 147-149(3)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Tethered honey bees (Apidea Apis melifera) coaxed to fly in a miniature wind tunnel for a specific time interval, adsorb a virus (i.e., bacteriophage MS2) aerosol at a linear rate of 1% of the aerosol concentration for every 6.73 pC of electrostatic charge on the bee.

Keywords: adsorption; airborne; bacteriophage MS2; electrostatic charge; virus

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10453-005-4185-9

Affiliations: 1: Microbial Aerosol Research Laboratory LLC, 10975 Doll Road, Monmouth, OR, 97361, USA, Email: lighthab@open.org 2: Microbial Aerosol Research Laboratory LLC, 10975 Doll Road, Monmouth, OR, 97361, USA, 3: Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA,

Publication date: 2005-06-01