Contamination of honey by chemicals applied to protect honeybee combs from wax-moth (Galleria mellonela L.)

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-163

  Tananaki, Chrisoula ^a   Thrasyvoulou, Andreas ^a   Karazafiris, Emmanouel ^a   Zotou, Anastasia ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

1,2 dibromoethane; 1,4 dichlorobenzene; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Honey; Naphthalene; Purge trap; Residues; Wax moth

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GALLERIA MELLONELA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHLOROBENZENES; ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; HONEY; INSECTICIDES; MOTHS; NAPHTHALENES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

APIS MELLIFERA; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 32144431570     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500350248     Document Type: Article

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