The role of bees in green agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Nikola Puvača, Ivana Brkić

Ekonomija teorija i praksa, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: spec issue, P. 82 - 103

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The decline of bee populations worldwide poses a significant threat to global agriculture and ecosystem stability. Bees play vital role in pollination, contributing the reproduction numerous flowering plants, including many crops essential for human consumption. This paper examines indispensable bees promoting green practices, emphasizing their profound impact on biodiversity, food security, environmental sustainability. Through comprehensive review existing literature, this elucidates intricate relationship between agriculture. It explores mechanisms bee-mediated pollination highlights critical diverse species ensuring crop yield quality. Furthermore, discusses detrimental effects population agricultural productivity health, urgent need conservation efforts. underscores importance collaboration among policymakers, farmers, scientists, conservationists implement effective measures safeguarding sustainable economic benefits preserving populations, such as increased yields enhanced services. also potential risks associated with widespread use pesticides other agrochemicals, adopting alternative approaches that minimize harm while maintaining productivity. In conclusion, calls concerted efforts protect preserve benefit both ecosystems societies. By bee-friendly we can promote production systems ensure well-being humans alike.

Language: Английский

Honey varieties vs metal and pesticide content – literature review and own research DOI Creative Commons
Małgorzata Gałczyńska, Renata Gamrat, Małgorzata Puc

et al.

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 14, 2025

1. Gamrat R, Puc M, Gałczyńska et al. Differences in the pollen content of varieties polish honey from urban and rural apiaries. Acta Univ Cibinien. Ser E: Food Technol. 2022;26(1):109–122. https://doi.org/10.2478/aucft-.... CrossRef Google Scholar

Language: Английский

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Human exposure to endocrine-disrupting organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides in locally produced and imported honey in Nigeria DOI
Godswill O. Tesi, Kingsley Ezechukwu Okpara,

Juliet Ngozi Tesi

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Health Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 21

Published: July 3, 2024

The practice of exposing honeybees to pesticides by bee-keepers or via agricultural crops, is one the ways in which honey becomes contaminated with pesticides. Though has many health advantages, however, human exposure consumption generated public concerns due their endocrine-disruptive abilities. Thus, this study evaluated endocrine-disrupting from Nigeria establish safety consumed Nigeria. Honey were analyzed for using a gas chromatograph combined an electron capture detector. concentrations ∑20 OCPs and ∑14 OPPs ranged 0.45-1045 ng/g 1.13-632 respectively. values both individual cumulative non-carcinogenic carcinogenic risks humans <1 1 × 10−4 respectively suggesting that there are no potential consumption. source analysis showed these originated historical recent/fresh use.

Language: Английский

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Multiresidue Methods Analysis to Detect Contamination of Selected Metals in Honey and Pesticides in Honey and Pollen DOI Creative Commons
Mattia Casula, Francesco Corrias, Alessandro Atzei

et al.

Foods, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(24), P. 4099 - 4099

Published: Dec. 18, 2024

Honey, a natural food with rich history, is produced by honeybees and other species of bees from nectar, plant fluids, honeydew sap-sucking insects. During foraging, these may be exposed to protection products (PPPs), metals, metalloids, potentially leading residues in honey hive that could have negative impact on human safety. Recognizing the lack an appropriate methodology for pesticide contamination products, this research aims support need studies pollen bee consumption establish safe maximum residue levels (MRLs) consumers. A UHPLC-MS/MS method modified QuEChERS extraction were applied simultaneously determine 237 pollen. The study North Sardinia analyzed samples six areas verified 27 heavy metals metalloid using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES). data obtained showed at close LOQ method, cycloate few pollen, dichlorvos, zoxamide, cycloate, chlorantraniliprole samples. All absence metal contamination. Overall, no risk health was identified. results confirm good bioindicator environmental wide area surrounding honeybee hives.

Language: Английский

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The role of bees in green agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Nikola Puvača, Ivana Brkić

Ekonomija teorija i praksa, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: spec issue, P. 82 - 103

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The decline of bee populations worldwide poses a significant threat to global agriculture and ecosystem stability. Bees play vital role in pollination, contributing the reproduction numerous flowering plants, including many crops essential for human consumption. This paper examines indispensable bees promoting green practices, emphasizing their profound impact on biodiversity, food security, environmental sustainability. Through comprehensive review existing literature, this elucidates intricate relationship between agriculture. It explores mechanisms bee-mediated pollination highlights critical diverse species ensuring crop yield quality. Furthermore, discusses detrimental effects population agricultural productivity health, urgent need conservation efforts. underscores importance collaboration among policymakers, farmers, scientists, conservationists implement effective measures safeguarding sustainable economic benefits preserving populations, such as increased yields enhanced services. also potential risks associated with widespread use pesticides other agrochemicals, adopting alternative approaches that minimize harm while maintaining productivity. In conclusion, calls concerted efforts protect preserve benefit both ecosystems societies. By bee-friendly we can promote production systems ensure well-being humans alike.

Language: Английский

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