Analysis of insecticide residues in honeys from apiary (Apis mellifera) and wild honey bee(Apis dorsataandApis florea) colonies in India

Khan, M. S.; Kumari, Beena; Rohilla, H. R.; Kaushik, H. D.; Arora, R.

doi:10.1080/00218839.2004.11101115

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“…Our data on residues in honey were also consistent with other studies. All over the world, honeys have been found to be positive for organochlorine [23] or organophosphorus in Greece [2], in India [24], and in Brazil [28]. After the ingestion of a given active substance (fluvalinate in this example), honeybees react by gathering significantly larger amounts of clean food, thus diluting the toxin [30].…”

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“…During this process, various microorganisms, chemical substances, and particles suspended in the air were intercepted by these workers and retained in the hairs on their body surface, or inhaled and attached to their trachea [4]. Thus, these easy-tobreed, almost ubiquitous organisms, with modest food requirements, are highly efficient at collecting biological, chemical, and physical elements, such as parasites, industrial contaminants, and pesticides and may be used as bioindicators to monitor environmental stress [23][24][25][26].…”

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An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

Chauzat

Martel

Cougoule

et al. 2010

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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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.

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confidence: 99%

An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

Chauzat

Martel

Cougoule

et al. 2010

Enviro Toxic and Chemistry

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“…The relatively high incidence of endosulfan sulfate, a degradation product of the insecticide endosulfan, in some comb beeswaxes is also noticeable. This compound is supposed to have reached the beeswax as a consequence of the foraging activity of the bees; in fact, the presence of endosulfan in some honey samples has been established [32]. Endosulfan and chlorpyrifos were not detected in the other beeswax samples.…”

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Residues of organic contaminants in beeswax

Jiménez

Bernal

Nozal

et al. 2005

Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol.

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Residues of organic contaminants in beeswaxResidues of the varroacides amitraz, chlordimeform, chlorfenvinphos, bromopropylate, coumaphos, tetradifon, acrinathrin, and fluvalinate, the organic microcontaminants 4,4'-DDE, 4,4'-TDE, PCB 153 and PCB 180, and the lipophilic pesticides lindane, chlorpyrifos and endosulfan have been determined by GC/MS in 52 beeswax samples. Recoveries on spiked samples ranged from 93 to 108% and determination limits varied from 4 to 65 mg/kg. Lindane (0.042-0.29 mg/kg), chlorfenvinphos (0.16-7.62 mg/kg), 4,4'-TDE (0.20 mg/kg), bromopropylate (0.041-0.12 mg/ kg), tetradifon (0.032-0.58 mg/kg), acrinathrin (0.058-0.59 mg/kg), coumaphos (0.27-0.38 mg/kg), fluvalinate (0.064-5.10 mg/kg), endosulfan sulfate (0.12-0.37 mg/kg) and 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde, a degradation product of fluvalinate and acrinathrin (0.080-1.47 mg/kg), were the compounds detected in beeswax. Foundation beeswax sheets contained higher contaminant concentrations and a greater diversity of compounds in relation to comb beeswaxes. Repeated melting in boiling water of purified beeswax spiked with the contaminants did not substantially modify the content of most of the contaminants in beeswax, except for amitraz and chlordimeform, showing that the contaminants are stable and remain practically unchanged in the purified beeswax.

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“…But, the development of resistance to terramycin and contamination of honey due to antibiotics has led to a ban on this drug (Miyagi et al, 2000). Use of pesticides such as residues of organophosphates compounds and organochlorines were found in honey (Khan et al, 2004) and pollen (Chauzet et al, 2006) also cause ill effects on honeybee, bee products and mankind (Dhaliwal and Singh, 2000). The honey bee mite, Varroa destructor (Anderson and Trueman, 2000) is an ectoparasite of the Asian honey bee (Apis cerana) that has become potentially the main parasite of A. mellifera in the last few decades (De Jong, 1990).…”

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Efficacy of animal origin products and ajwain powder against honey bee diseases in Apis mellifera (Linnaeus) colonies in Uttarakhand-A novel eco-friendly approach

Tiwari

Dhami

Mathur

et al. 2014

JANS

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Abstract:The studies to manage the honey bee bacterial European foul brood ( EFB) disease caused by Melisococcus plutonius and ectoparasitic brood mite disease caused by Varroa destructor in the colonies of Apis mellifera (L.) at different locations of Uttarakhand were conducted during 2012-2013 by applying eco-friendly formulations i.e. spraying of cow urine (desi cow breed), plant decoctions prepared in cow urine, cow dung cake and cow dung ash powders , ajwain seed powder and compared to an antibiotic, terramycin sugar syrup and synthetic chemicals, sulphur and thymol powder with two applications in a month. The data revealed that the cow urine sprays @ 50, 75 and 100% reduced the disease infection to below detectable limit in 10 to 14 days, respectively, as terramycin treated infected colonies where only 50-55% recovery was seen in EFB infection with highest sealed worker brood areas ( SWBA) in cow urine treated honeybee colonies in comparison to terramycin and untreated colonies. Similarly, on the other hand, cow urine (100%) significantly reduced brood mite infestation (72.10%) with highest mean mite fall (48.73) and highest (SWBA) (854.00 cm 2 ) followed by ajwain powder with reduction in brood m ite infes tation(65.84%) with mite fall (46.39) and SWBA (749.00 cm 2 ), cow dung powder with reduction in brood mite infestation (71.35%) ,mite fall ( 42.87), SWBA (682.33 cm 2 ), , followed by cow dung ash powder, cow urine @ 25%, in comparison to plant decoctions prepared in cow urine, synthetic chemicals i.e. thymol and sulphur powder after 4 weeks of treatments. Thus, the animal origin products and ajwain powder can serve as a potential eco-friendly measure for management of honeybee diseases in A. mellifera colonies at different locations of Uttarakhand as they significantly increased sealed worker brood area without affecting the activities of workers, queen bee and bee brood in comparison to chemicals and plant decoctions.

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Analysis of insecticide residues in honeys from apiary (Apis mellifera) and wild honey bee(Apis dorsataandApis florea) colonies in India

Cited by 19 publications

References 7 publications

An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

An assessment of honeybee colony matrices, Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) to monitor pesticide presence in continental France

Residues of organic contaminants in beeswax

Efficacy of animal origin products and ajwain powder against honey bee diseases in Apis mellifera (Linnaeus) colonies in Uttarakhand-A novel eco-friendly approach

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