The determination of the residues of amitraz and fluvalinate in honey samples obtained from Çukurova Region

Year 2017, Issue: Issue 1(2) - 3. INTERNATIONAL BIOCIDAL CONGRESS, 52 - 52, 01.02.2017

Ali Bilgili Erdal Selçukoğlu

Abstract

The aim of this study
was to determine the residues of amitraz and fluvalinate pesticides used to

 

treat the varroa
disease in honey. For this purpose, totally 135 honey samples representing 8330

 

beehives were
collected from Çukurova Region. Equally 15 samples were obtained from each
areas

 

of Adana, Kadirli,
Kozan, Ceyhan, Osmaniye, Karataş, Yumurtalık, Mersin and Tarsus.

 

The residues of
amitraz and fluvalinate were determined according to the method of Hammerling

 

(1987). This method
was included the preparation of an extract from honey and its application to

 

an capillary gas
chromatography. However, amitraz residues at 1.34-33.48 ppm levels were found

 

in 25 out of 135 honey
samples obtained from 9 residences. This amitraz residue was found in 4, 5,

 

10 and 6 samples of
the honey obtained from Adana, Kozan, Karataş and Tarsus respectively.

 

These results showed
that there was no contamination of fluvalinate in the honey samples obtained

 

from Çukurova Region.
However, the contamination of honey samples with amitraz was seen in

 

this region. This
amitraz contamination of the honey samples may be hazardous for the human

 

health as the honey is
the main nutrients of humans. These findings suggest that the precautions

 

against the pesticide
contamination with amitraz should be taken during the treatment of the

 

varroa disease and the
consumption of the honey by humans.

 

Keywords: Amitraz,
honey, fluvalinate, residue, pesticide

Keywords

The determination of the residues of amitraz and fluvalinate in honey samples obtained from Çukurova Region

References

• Ali Bilgili, Erdal Selçukoğlu
• Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
• Ankara, Turkey.