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Pesticide Residues in Honey from Stingless Bee Melipona Subnitida (Meliponini, Apidae) Cover

Pesticide Residues in Honey from Stingless Bee Melipona Subnitida (Meliponini, Apidae)

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 64 (2020): Issue 1 (June 2020)
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|Jul 2020
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Fig. 1

Locations in Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil, of the collection of honey samples from the stingless bee Melipona subnitida.

Table 1

Detected pesticide levels in 35 tested samples of honey from the stingless bee Melipona subnitida

Sample numberMunicipalityCollection siteChlorpyrifos-methyl (mg/kg)Monocrotophos (mg/kg)Trichlorfon (mg/kg)
1Alto do RodriguesCountrysiden.d.a0.055n.d.
2BarcelonaCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
3GalinhosCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
4Governador Dix-Sept RosadoCountrysiden.d.0.072n.d.
5JandaíraUrbann.d.n.d.n.d.
6JandaíraUrbann.d.0.038n.d.
7JandaíraCountrysiden.d.0.057n.d.
8JandaíraCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
9JandaíraCountrysiden.d.0.015n.d.
10JandaíraCountrysiden.d.0.021n.d.
11JandaíraUrban< LOQb0.049< LOQ
12MossoróUrbann.d.0.081n.d.
13MossoróUrbann.d.0.018n.d.
14MossoróUrbann.d.0.057n.d.
15MossoróUrbann.d.0.033< LOQ
16MossoróUrbann.d.n.d.n.d.
17MossoróUrbann.d.n.d.n.d.
18MossoróUrbann.d.0.062< LOQ
19MossoróUrbann.d.0.0500.023
20Pau dos FerrosCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
21RiachueloCountrysiden.d.0.037n.d.
22RiachueloCountryside< LOQn.d.n.d.
23São Francisco do OesteUrbann.d.0.061n.d.
24São Francisco do OesteUrbann.d.0.052n.d.
25São Francisco do OesteCountrysiden.d.0.074n.d.
26São Francisco do OesteCountrysiden.d.0.011n.d.
27São Francisco do OesteCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
28São Paulo do PotengiCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
29São Paulo do PotengiCountrysiden.d.n.d.n.d.
30Serra do MelCountrysiden.d.0.0430.074
31Serra do MelUrbann.d.0.0330.059
32Serra do MelCountrysiden.d.0.046n.d.
33Serra do MelCountrysiden.d.0.056n.d.
34Serra do MelCountrysiden.d.0.024n.d.
35TibauCountrysiden.d.0.101n.d.
Median (mg/kg)00.0490
Minimum (mg/kg)000
Maximum (mg/kg)0.0050.1010.074
MRLc (mg/kg)0.0500.0100.010
Samples >MRL0242
% samples >MRL068.65.71

a n.d.: not detected

b < LOQ: lower than limit of quantification (0.010 mg/kg)

c MRL: maximum residue levels (EC, 2008; EC, 2012; EC, 2018)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0010 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)
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Language: English
Page range: 29 - 36
Submitted on: Jan 27, 2019
Accepted on: Apr 29, 2020
Published on: Jul 2, 2020
Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
honey,
LC-MS/MS,
Melipona subnitida,
multiresidue analysis,
pesticides residues,
stingless bees
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

© 2020 Carolina de Gouveia M. D. E. Pinheiro, Fabiano Aurélio D. S. Oliveira, Silvia Catarina S. Oloris, Jean Berg A. da Silva, Benito Soto-Blanco, published by The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
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