We have a problem with a water source in Utah along the Wasatch Front. Do any of you have insight or experience with this kind of honey bee exposure to toxic water and the impact it could possibly have on bees, wax, honey? I have an apiary that uses this water source.
http://www.deq.utah.gov/NewsNotices/media/newsroom/docs/2016/07jul/algal2016-07-17.pdf
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology
1 July 2013, Vol.270(1):9–15, doi:10.1016/j.taap.2013.04.003
The cyanobacterial neurotoxin beta-N-methylamino-l-alanine (BMAA) induces neuronal and behavioral changes in honeybees
No silver linings here.
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