Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in tennessee honey and beeswax

Estep, C. B.; Williams, H. E.; Cole, Arthur C.

doi:10.1007/bf01685546

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“…Honeybee mortality rates have been used as an indication of gross aerial contamination, both for As (Terzic et al, 1984) and organic pesticide residues (Celli, 1984) and it is likely that beeswax may be used to monitor hydrocarbon residues (Estep et al, 1977).…”

Section: Honey and Honeybeessupporting

confidence: 81%

Honey as an indicator of heavy metal contamination

Jones

1987

Water Air Soil Pollut

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The potential use of honey as an indicator in mineral prospecting and environmental contamination studies has been investigated. Silver, Cd, Cu, and Pb levels are reported in honeys collected throughout the U.K. The elemental content of honeys was investigated in relation to that in the soils collected from within the foraging area. For samples collected over two seasons the following concentrations were found Ag <0.1 to 6.5ngg -1 (d.w.); Cd <0.3 to 300ngg-1; Cu 35 to 6510ngg-~; Pb <2 to 200 ng g-~. Considerable spatial and seasonal fluctuations were apparent. No correlations were observed between honey and soil concentrations for either Cu or Pb. It is concluded that the low concentrations of heavy metals in honey and their inherent variability (due to differences in floral source, foraging range, entrapment of atmospheric particulates on the flower, etc.) detract from the reliable use of honey as a monitoring tool. The relative merits of honeybees, pollen and beeswax for environmental monitoring or biogeochemical prospecting studies are also briefly discussed.

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Section: Honey and Honeybeessupporting

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Honey as an indicator of heavy metal contamination

Jones

1987

Water Air Soil Pollut

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“…These substances are still present in the environment and can contaminate plants and thus, the bees and their products. The quantities, found in honey are low and safe, while those found in wax are higher (Estep et al, 1977;Gayger and Dustmann, 1985;Anderson and Wojtas, 1986;Morse et al, 1987;Jan and Cerne, 1993).…”

Section: Organic Contaminantsmentioning

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Contaminants of bee products

2005

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-Bee products can be contaminated from different sources. The contamination can arise from beekeeping practices or from the environment. Environmental contaminants are covered in the first part of the review. They are: the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury, radioactive isotopes, organic pollutants, pesticides (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and bactericides), pathogenic bacteria and genetically modified organisms. The second part of the review discusses contaminants from beekeeping. The main ones are acaricides: lipophylic synthetic compounds and non-toxic substances such as organic acids and components of essential oils; and antibiotics used for the control of bee brood diseases, mainly tetracyclines, streptomycine, sulfonamides and chloramphenicol. Other substances used in beekeeping play a minor role: para-dichlorobenzene, used for the control of wax moth and chemical repellents. The degree of contamination of honey, pollen, beeswax, propolis and royal jelly by the different contaminants is reviewed. Honey / beeswax / propolis / royal jelly / contamination / residues

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“…The organochlorine microcontaminants 4,4'-DDE, 4,4'-DDT and the two analyzed PCBs were also not detected in the comb beeswax; there are no previous concentration data for beeswax of the same regions with which to compare the results. However, the results obtained seem to suggest that there is a smaller presence of organochlorine compounds in the beehives [19][20][21][22], likely as a consequence of the restrictions imposed on the handling of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs.…”

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“…In the literature, there are different reports on the presence of these acaricides in beeswax: bromopropylate [2,8,10,11], coumaphos [6,8,10,12], fluvalinate [7,8,[13][14][15], flumethrin [16], acrinathrin [17], tetradifon [10], amitraz and chlorfenvinphos [18]. PCBs and pesticides, mainly oganochlorine ones, have also been determined in beeswax as they can also enter the beehive and contaminate beeswax [19][20][21][22].…”

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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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Chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide residues in tennessee honey and beeswax

Cited by 16 publications

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Honey as an indicator of heavy metal contamination

Honey as an indicator of heavy metal contamination

Contaminants of bee products

Residues of organic contaminants in beeswax

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