>1. Does anyone have any knowledge of any study pertaining
>    to bees that use water from a waste treatment facility?
>    Would any heavy metals be possibly transferred to the hive
>     or the honey?
 
Metals, such as selenium, I believe, and organic chemicals (e.g., PCBs)
may be picked up by foraging honey bees and incorporated into honey and wax,
and probaably (in the case of the organics) into fatty tissues in the bees
themselves. Roger Morse and some others at Cornell have done some work in
this area. I'll try to dig out specific references.
 
Tom
 
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