Gillanders, Ross N.; Glackin, James M. E.; Babic, Zdenka; Mustra, Mario; Simic, Mitar; Kezic, Nikola; Turnbull, Graham A.; Filipi, Janja published the artcile< Biomonitoring for wide area surveying in landmine detection using honeybees and optical sensing>, Name: (9Z,12Z)-Methyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate, the main research area is amitraz honeybee pheromone REST sampling luminescence quenching environmental modeling; Apis mellifera carnica; Environmental modelling; Honeybee; Luminescence quenching; Nitroaromatic; REST sampling.
Humanitarian demining is a worldwide effort and the range of climates and environments prevent any one detection method being suitable for all sites, so more tools are required for safe and efficient explosives sensing. Landmines emit a chem. flux over time, and honeybees can collect the trace residues of explosives (as particles or as vapor) on their body hairs. This capability was exploited using a passive method allowing the honeybees to freely forage in a mined area, where trace explosives present in the environment stuck to the honeybee body, which were subsequently transferred onto an adsorbent material for anal. by a fluorescent polymer sensor. Potential false pos. sources were investigated, namely common bee pheromones, the anti-varroa pesticide Amitraz, and the environment around a clean apiary, and no significant response was found to any from the sensor. The mined site gave a substantial response in the optical sensor films, with quenching efficiencies of up to 38%. A model was adapted to estimate the mass of explosives returned to the colony, which may be useful for estimating the number of mines in a given area.
Chemosphere published new progress about Apis mellifera carnica. 112-63-0 belongs to class esters-buliding-blocks, and the molecular formula is C19H34O2, Name: (9Z,12Z)-Methyl octadeca-9,12-dienoate.
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