Residual Tau-Fluvalinate in Honey Bee Colonies Is Coupled with Evidence for Selection for Resistance to Pyrethroids.

is considered one of the most devastating parasites of the honey bee, , and a major problem for the beekeeping industry. Currently, the main method to control mites is the application of drugs that contain different acaricides as active ingredients. The pyrethroid tau-fluvalinate is one of the acaricides most widely used in beekeeping due to its efficacy and low toxicity to bees.

Holistic screening of collapsing honey bee colonies in Spain: a case study.

Background: Here we present a holistic screening of collapsing colonies from three professional apiaries in Spain. Colonies with typical honey bee depopulation symptoms were selected for multiple possible factors to reveal the causes of collapse.

Results: Omnipresent were Nosema ceranae and Lake Sinai Virus.

A preliminary study of the epidemiological factors related to honey bee colony loss in Spain.

In recent years, a worldwide decline in the Apis mellifera populations has been detected in many regions, including Spain. This decline is thought to be related to the effects of pathogens or pesticides, although to what extent these factors are implicated is still not clear. In this study, we estimated the prevalence of honey bee colony depopulation symptoms in a random selected sample (n = 61) and we explored the implication of different pathogens, pesticides and the flora visited in the area under study.

Honeybee colony collapse due to Nosema ceranae in professional apiaries.

Honeybee colony collapse is a sanitary and ecological worldwide problem. The features of this syndrome are an unexplained disappearance of adult bees, a lack of brood attention, reduced colony strength, and heavy winter mortality without any previous evident pathological disturbances. To date there has not been a consensus about its origins.

Semipreparative chiral supercritical fluid chromatography in the fractionation of lansoprazole and two related antiulcer drugs enantiomers.

The semipreparative chiral separation of lansoprazole and two related compounds (pantoprazole and rabeprazole) using supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) is presented in this work. Different loads were evaluated in order to obtain high enantiomeric purities and production rates. The volumes injected were 1, 2 and 4 mL.

Sample preparation methods to analyze fipronil in honey by gas chromatography with electron-capture and mass spectrometric detection.

Several sample preparation methods have been assayed to analyze residues of fipronil in honey. After diluting the honey, liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) with organic solvents, and solid-phase extraction (SPE) on commercial cartridges or Florisil-packed column have been tested at three concentration levels: 0.01, 0.

Use of SPE-GC/EIMS for residue analysis in wine elaborated from musts spiked with formulations of chlorpyriphos-methyl, methiocarb, dicofol, and cyproconazol.

The likely presence in wine of residues of the active ingredient and its degradation products, besides the byproducts and excipients of the commercial formulation, has been investigated for four pesticides. Formulations containing chlorpyriphos-methyl, methiocarb, dicofol, and cyproconazol were added to must, which was subjected to a usual vinification. The wines elaborated from must spiked with the formulation of chlorpyriphos-methyl contained two pyridinol compounds in addition to excipients such as alkylbenzenes, naphthalene, and methylnaphthalenes.

Enantiomeric separation of several antimycotic azole drugs using supercritical fluid chromatography.

The chiral resolution of four antifungal compounds, three imidazoles (miconazole, econazole and sulconazole) and one triazole (itraconazole) using supercritical fluid chromatography on the amylose-based chiral stationary phase Chiralpak AD, is presented in this work. The influence of pressure, type and percentage of organic modifier and temperature on retention times and resolution was studied. The enantiomeric separation of the three imidazoles was achieved with resolutions higher than two and analysis times lower than 10 min, obtaining the best results using methanol as modifier.