Neonicotinoid insecticides are successfully applied to control pests in a variety of
agricultural crops; however, they may not only affect pest insects but also non-target …

Honey is a product of high consumption due to its nutritional and antimicrobial properties.
However, residues of pesticides, used in plagues' treatment in the hive or in crop fields in the …

Increasing and widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides all over the world, together with
their environmental persistence mean that surface and ground waters need to be monitored …

The aim of this study was to investigate reported cases of honeybee death incidents with
regard to the potential interrelation to the exposure to pesticides. Thus honeybee, bee pollen …

The sample extraction process is considered as the essential step in the pesticide residue
analysis, as it provides the base for the detection of the pesticides in trace level. Various …

One of the factors that may explain nowadays honeybees' colonies losses is the increasing
presence of chemicals in the environment. The aim of this study is to obtain a global view of …

This work presents a critical review of multivariate techniques employed for optimization of
methods developed in food analysis. A comparison between the response surface …

Ecotoxicological laboratory tests (lower-tier tests) are fundamental tools for assessing the
toxicity of pesticides to soil organisms. In this study, using these tests under tropical …

Honeybees and bee products are potential bioindicators of the presence of contaminants in
the environment, enabling monitoring of large areas due to the long distances travelled by …

In the present paper is presented a review on the application of Doehlert design in the
optimization of some of the steps of analytical procedures aimed the analysis of food …