... site [32]. These studies indicated that the onlymajor source of cobalt-56, cobalt-60, manganese-54, sodium-22, and tung-sten- 181 near the study site was the waste lagoon. Because the bees wereonly ... taking up the contaminantsdirectly from the lagoon water; and therefore, the redistribution of conta-minants to the plants in the area was somewhat limited. The levels of cobalt-60 and sodium-22 ... Pol-lution monitoring of Puget Sound with honey bees. Science 227, 80 0 80 1. 8 Wallwork-Barber, M.K., Ferenbaugh, R.W. and Gladney, E.S. (1 982 ). The use of honey bees as monitors of environmental pollution....