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Space. If you go to the web site, the key component of Plan Bee seems
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Contaminants of bee products
Stefan BOGDANOV
Agroscope Liebefeld Posieux, Swiss Bee Research Centre, Liebefeld,
3003 Bern, Switzerland

The results presented in this review show, that the main contamination
danger for bee products originates more from apicultural practices
than from the environment. The main contamination risks for the
different bee products are:

• Honey: antibiotics
• Wax: persistent lipophylic acaricides
• Propolis: persistent lipophylic acaricides, lead
• Pollen: pesticides
• Royal jelly: antibiotics.

The main ones are acaricides: lipophylic synthetic compounds and
non-toxic substances such as organic acids and components of essential
oils; and antibiotics used for the control of bee brood diseases,
mainly tetracyclines, streptomycine, sulfonamides and chloramphenicol.
Other substances used in beekeeping play a minor role:
para-dichlorobenzene, used for the control of wax moth and chemical
repellents.

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