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Apidologie
Volume 38, Number 6, November-December 2007
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| Page(s) | 534 - 544 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2007038 | |
| Published online | 14 December 2007 | |
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007038
Acaricide residues in honey and wax after treatment of honey bee
colonies with Apivar
or Asuntol50
Anne-Claire Martel, Sarah Zeggane, Clément Aurières, Patrick Drajnudel, Jean-Paul Faucon and Michel Aubert Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (AFSSA), Site de Sophia Antipolis, Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches sur les Petits Ruminants et les Abeilles (LERPRA), Unité de Pathologie de l'Abeille, 105 route des Chappes, 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France
(Received 16 March 2007 - Revised 23 August 2007 - Accepted 24 August 2007 - Published online 14 December 2007)
Abstract - Acaricide residues were assessed in French commercial
beeswax using newly developed liquid and gas chromatography methods. Most of
the commercial wax samples and all samples taken during the industrial
recycling process contained coumaphos and fluvalinate. Amitraz and coumaphos
residue levels were also followed in several hives experimentally treated
with Asuntol50 or Apivar, two products
used in France to control varroa infestation. After the
Asuntol50 treatment, coumaphos residues increased in honey
and wax combs, persisted more than 30 days in honey and one year or more in
comb wax. The half-life of coumaphos was 69 and 115-346 days in honey and
comb wax respectively. Following Apivar treatment, amitraz
was not detected in honey nor in wax. These results are consistent with and
complete other studies: the use of coumaphos entails wax contamination
which persists through commercial recycling. As this may be a threat for bee
health, the use of Asuntol50 should be avoided.
Key words: honey / beeswax / acaricide / residue / contamination
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