Message: file_get_contents(https://...@gmail.com&api_key=61f08fa0b96a73de8c900d749fcb997acc09): Failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, LERRA, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Published: January 2011
AI Article Synopsis
A study conducted from 2002 to 2005 analyzed 44 pesticides in honeybee-related samples from five French locations, focusing on matrices like honey, pollen, and beeswax.
The results indicated that pollen loads and beeswax showed the highest levels of pesticide presence, while honey had the least.
Pollen loads were deemed the most effective matrix for environmental pesticide residue assessment due to their high frequency of occurrence and ease of collection.
Article Abstract
The frequency of occurrence and relative concentration of 44 pesticides in apicultural (Apis mellifera) matrices collected from five French locations (24 apiaries) were assessed from 2002 to 2005. The number and nature of the pesticides investigated varied with the matrices examined-living honeybees, pollen loads, honey, and beeswax. Pollen loads and beeswax had the highest frequency of pesticide occurrence among the apiary matrices examined in the present study, whereas honey samples had the lowest. The imidacloprid group and the fipronil group were detected in sufficient amounts in all matrices to allow statistical comparisons. Some seasonal variation was shown when residues were identified in pollen loads. Given the results (highest frequency of presence) and practical aspects (easy to collect; matrix with no turnover, unlike with bees that are naturally renewed), pollen loads were the best matrix for assessing the presence of pesticide residues in the environment in our given conditions.
