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The widespread neonicotinoid use in agriculture causes environmental pollution, but its toxicity to mammals is more limited. Honeybees can carry pollutants to hives, considered bioindicators of environmental pollution. Forager bees returning neonicotinoids treated sunflower fields cause residue accumulation in the hives, which reason colony-level adverse effects. This study analyzes neonicotinoid residues in sunflower (Helianthus annuus) honey sampled by beekeepers from Tekirdağ province. Honey samples have been subjected to liquid-liquid extraction methods before high-pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). No neonicotinoid residues were found above the maximum residue limit in the sunflower honey samples analyzed. |
