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MB Sample ID: SA086291

Local Sample ID:selenium-3
Subject ID:SU001289
Subject Type:Invertebrate
Subject Species:Apis mellifera
Taxonomy ID:7460

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Treatment:

Treatment ID:TR001304
Treatment Summary:Once the bees had an established microbiome, we prepared treatment feeding solutions of 50% sucrose (as a no metal/metalloid control), 50% sucrose spiked with 0.6 mg/L sodium selenate or 50% sucrose with 0.24 mg/L cadmium chloride (Alfa Aesar, Ward Hill, MA) and pollen patties spiked with either 6.0 mg/L selenium or 0.46 mg/L cadmium and allowed the bees to feed ad libitium.
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