Pesticides for Apicultural and/or Agricultural Application Found in Belgian Honey Bee Wax Combs

In a Belgian pilot study honey bee wax combs from ten hives were analyzed on the presence of almost 300 organochlorine and organophosphorous compounds by LC–MS/MS and GC–MS/MS. Traces of 18 pesticides were found and not a single sample was free of residues. The number of residues found per sample ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ravoet, Jorgen, Reybroeck, Wim, de Graaf, Dirk C.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391733/