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