<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study aimed to detect pesticide residues in the honey produced by the stingless bee <italic>Melipona subnitida</italic>. A total of thirty-five samples of honey from <italic>M. subnitida</italic> were collected from twelve municipalities of the semiarid region of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil. Of these thirty-five samples, fourteen were from colonies raised in an urban area, while the other twenty-one were from the countryside. The pesticides in the samples were extracted using a modified QuEChERS method. The simultaneous analysis of 116 analytes in the honey samples was performed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Twenty-five samples (71.4% of samples) were contaminated by some amount of pesticide, and of them twenty-four had just one pesticide and one had three. The detected compounds included organophosphate pesticides (OPP) monocrotophos (24 samples), trichlorfon (6 samples) and chlorpyrifos-methyl (2 samples). In conclusion, the honey produced by the stingless bee <italic>M. subnitida</italic> may be contaminated by pesticides, which emphasizes the need for food monitoring before commercialization.</p></abstract>

The present study aimed to detect pesticide residues in the honey produced by the stingless bee Melipona subnitida. A total of thirty-five samples of honey from M. subnitida were collected from twelve municipalities of the semiarid region of Rio Grande do Norte state, northeastern Brazil. Of these thirty-five samples, fourteen were from colonies raised in an urban area, while the other twenty-one were from the countryside. The pesticides in the samples were extracted using a modified QuEChERS method. The simultaneous analysis of 116 analytes in the honey samples was performed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Twenty-five samples (71.4% of samples) were contaminated by some amount of pesticide, and of them twenty-four had just one pesticide and one had three. The detected compounds included organophosphate pesticides (OPP) monocrotophos (24 samples), trichlorfon (6 samples) and chlorpyrifos-methyl (2 samples). In conclusion, the honey produced by the stingless bee M. subnitida may be contaminated by pesticides, which emphasizes the need for food monitoring before commercialization.

Pesticide Residues in Honey from Stingless Bee <italic>Melipona Subnitida</italic> (Meliponini, Apidae)

Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA)

Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Escola de Veterinária

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Journal of Apicultural Science

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

The present study aimed to detect pesticide residues in the honey produced by the stingless bee Melipona subnitida. A total of thirty-five samples of honey...

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

Article Category: Original Article

Online veröffentlicht: 02. Juli 2020

Seitenbereich: 29 - 36

Eingereicht: 27. Jan. 2019

Akzeptiert: 29. Apr. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0010

Schlüsselwörter
honey, LC-MS/MS, multiresidue analysis, pesticides residues, stingless bees

© 2020 Carolina de Gouveia M. D. E. Pinheiro et al., published by Sciendo

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

Article Category: Original Article

Online veröffentlicht: 02. Juli 2020

Seitenbereich: 29 - 36

Eingereicht: 27. Jan. 2019

Akzeptiert: 29. Apr. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0010

Schlüsselwörterhoney, LC-MS/MS, multiresidue analysis, pesticides residues, stingless bees

© 2020 Carolina de Gouveia M. D. E. Pinheiro et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
honey, LC-MS/MS, multiresidue analysis, pesticides residues, stingless bees