Widespread occurrence of chemical residues in beehive matrices from apiaries located in different landscapes of Western France.

<h4>Background</h4>The honey bee, Apis mellifera, is frequently used as a sentinel to monitor environmental pollution. In parallel, general weakening and unprecedented colony losses have been reported in Europe and the USA, and many factors are suspected to play a central role in these p...

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Main Authors: Olivier Lambert, Mélanie Piroux, Sophie Puyo, Chantal Thorin, Monique L'Hostis, Laure Wiest, Audrey Buleté, Frédéric Delbac, Hervé Pouliquen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23799139/?tool=EBI