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Introducing the INSIGNIA project: environmental monitoring of pesticide use through honey bees

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dc.contributor.authorSteen, Jozef van der
dc.contributor.authorBrodschneider, Robert
dc.contributor.authorGratzer, Kristina
dc.contributor.authorBieszczad, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorHatjina, Fani
dc.contributor.authorCharistos, Leonidas
dc.contributor.authorCarreck, Norman L.
dc.contributor.authorGray, Alison
dc.contributor.authorPinto, M.Alice
dc.contributor.authorAmaral, Joana S.
dc.contributor.authorRufino, José
dc.contributor.authorQuaresma, Andreia
dc.contributor.authorRoessink, Ivo
dc.contributor.authorBaveco, Hans
dc.contributor.authorFormato, Giovanni
dc.contributor.authorPietropaoli, Marco
dc.contributor.authorKasiotis, Konstantinos
dc.contributor.authorAnagnostopoulos, Christ
dc.contributor.authorZafeiraki, Effrosyni
dc.contributor.authorFernandez-Alba, Amadeo
dc.contributor.authorEulderink, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorVejsnæs, Flemming
dc.contributor.authorKilpinen, Ole
dc.contributor.authorCoffey, Mary F.
dc.contributor.authorBiron, David G.
dc.contributor.authorBrusbardis, Valters
dc.contributor.authorGraaf, Dirk C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-30T08:48:32Z
dc.date.available2020-03-30T08:48:32Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractINSIGNIA aims to design and test an innovative, non-invasive, scientifically proven citizen science environmental monitoring protocol for the detection of pesticides by honey bees. It is a 30-month pilot project initiated and financed by the EC (PP-1-1-2018; EC SANTE). The study is being carried out by a consortium of specialists in honey bees, apiculture, statistics, analytics, modelling, extension, social science and citizen science from twelve countries. Honey bee colonies are excellent bio-samplers of biological material such as nectar, pollen and plant pathogens, as well as non-biological material such as pesticides or airborne contamination. Honey bee colonies forage over a circle of 1 km radius, increasing to several km if required, depending on the availability and attractiveness of food. All material collected is accumulated in the hive.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractThe honey bee colony can provide four main matrices for environmental monitoring: bees, honey, pollen and wax. Because of the non-destructive remit of the project, for pesticides, pollen is the focal matrix and used as trapped pollen and beebread in this study. Although beeswax can be used as a passive sampler for pesticides, this matrix is not being used in INSIGNIA because of its polarity dependent absorbance, which limits the required wide range of pesticides to be monitored. Alternatively, two innovative non-biological matrices are being tested: i) the “Beehold tube”, a tube lined with the generic absorbent polyethylene-glycol PEG, through which hive-entering bees are forced to pass, and ii) the “APIStrip” (Absorbing Pesticides In-hive Strips) with a specific pesticide absorbent which is hung between the bee combs.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractBeebread and pollen collected in pollen traps are being sampled every two weeks to be analysed for pesticide residues and to record foraging conditions. Trapped pollen provides snapshots of the foraging conditions and contaminants on a single day. During the active season, the majority of beebread is consumed within days, so beebread provides recent, random sampling results. The Beehold tube and the APIStrips are present throughout the 2-weeks sampling periods in the beehive, absorbing and accumulating the incoming contaminants. The four matrices i.e. trapped pollen, beebread, Beehold tubes and APIStrips will be analysed for the presence of pesticides. The botanical origin of trapped pollen, beebread and pollen in the Beehold tubes will also be determined with an innovative molecular technique. Data on pollen and pesticide presence will then be combined to obtain information on foraging conditions and pesticide use, together with evaluation of the CORINE database for land use and pesticide legislation to model the exposure risks to honey bees and wild bees. All monitoring steps from sampling through to analysis will be studied and rigorously tested in four countries in Year 1, and the best practices will then be ring-tested in nine countries in Year 2. Information about the course of the project, its results and publications will be available on the INSIGNIA website www.insignia-bee.eu and via social media: on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/insigniabee.eu/); Instagram insignia_bee); and Twitter (insignia_bee). Although the analyses of pesticide residues and pollen identification will not be completed until December 2019, in my talk I will present preliminary results of the Year 1 sampling.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationSteen, J.J.M.; Brodschneider, R.; Gratzer, K.; Bieszczad, S.; Hatjina, F.; Charistos, L.; Carreck, N.L.; Gray, A.; Pinto, M.Alice; Amaral, J.S.; Rufino, José; Quaresma, A.; Roessink, I.; Baveco, H.; Formato, G.; Pietropaoli, M.; Kasiotis, K.; Anagnostopoulos, C.; Zafeiraki, E.; Fernandez-Alba, A.; Eulderink, C.; Vejsnæs, F.; Kilpinen, O.; Coffey, M.F.; Biron, D.; Brusbardis, V.; Graaf, D.de (2019). Introducing the INSIGNIA project: environmental monitoring of pesticide use through honey bees. In 14th International Symposium (Hazards of Pesticides to Bees). Bern, Switzerlandpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/21162
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
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dc.publisherInternational Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relantionships (ICP-PR)pt_PT
dc.relationEuropean Commission (PP-1-1-2018; EC SANTE)pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.titleIntroducing the INSIGNIA project: environmental monitoring of pesticide use through honey beespt_PT
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oaire.citation.title14th International Symposium (Hazards of Pesticides to Bees)pt_PT
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