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The energy concept of money
PublikacjaPurpose: This paper aims to provide the literature review seeking an answer whether energy can be used as a universal equivalent instead of money. Methodology: The author conducted a review of available literature and data sources related to the money theory and energy concept of money. Findings: It was found that the definition of energy as a general equivalent has a contextual and dynamic nature, and this field’s consolidation...
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Georg Simmel’s The Philosophy of Money and the Modernization Paradigm
PublikacjaThis article examines Georg Simmel’s contribution to the understanding of how money functions in modern society, mainly scrutinizing his most important work on that topic, The Philosophy of Money, in the context of modernization theories. Modernization theories, as developed (most notably) by Marx, Weber, Durkheim, and Elias, attempted to explain the transition from feudalism and a closed agrarian economy to capitalism and industrial...
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Antimicrobial Activity of Honey
PublikacjaHoney has had a valued place in traditional medicine for centuries. It was used to overcome liver, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal problems and for treatment of some types of infectious disease. Particularly, good results were achieved in the case of application of this product for therapy of infected, difficult to heal wounds. The high health-promoting properties of honey have been recently confirmed in many research investigations....
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Honey antibacterial activity: A neglected aspect of honey quality assurance as functional food
PublikacjaBackground Honey is considered as a functional food with health-promoting properties. Its potent antibacterial and antibiofilm effects are the major attributes of so called ‘medical-grade honey’ which is topically used for the treatment of burns, wounds and skin disorders. Nevertheless, the current set of honey quality parameters adopted in the European Union do not include its biological properties. Furthermore, in light of the...
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Elemental composition of sugar and honey
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Determination of antibiotic residues in honey
PublikacjaHoney produced by honeybees is a valuable food product. The presence of xenobiotics in honey may harm its quality and constitute a danger to human health. Antibiotics are commonly applied by beekeepers to eliminate disease among honeybees. Moreover, ubiquitous administration of antibiotics may cause bacteria to become resistant to many drugs and spread antibioticresistant strains of bacteria. Appropriate sample preparation and...
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Honey as an indicator of heavy metals in the environment
PublikacjaHoney bees collect nectar, pollen and honeydew to produce bee products. One of them is honey, which due to chemical composition and properties is considered by human as a valuable food product. When honey bees collect substrates to produce honey they can bring contaminants to the hive. The presence of xenobiotics in bee products may lower their quality and devalue their properties, and also endanger human health. Many scientists...
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Honey bees and their products - bioindicators of environmental contamination
PublikacjaHuman activities produce contaminants, the amounts and toxicity of which often exceed the environment’s homeostatic capacity to cleanse itself. Hence, the systematic analysis and monitoring of the environment is increasingly a matter of urgency. Honey bees, thanks to their morphological features, and also bee products are regarded as good indicators of environmental pollution by toxic substances, be these heavy metals, radioactive...
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Monety kolekcjonerskie jako przykład inwestycji alternatywnych
PublikacjaW artykule przedstawiono charakterystykę rynku monet kolekcjonerskich w Polsce na tle innych rodzajów rynków, takich jak np. rynek pieniężny i kapitałowy. Ponadto Autor zaprezentował wyniki badań dotyczące stopy zwrotu z inwestycji w srebrne monety kolekcjonerskie i porównał je ze stopami zwrotu na rynku akcji i na rynku skarbowych papierów dłużnych.
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I love to write and create. Can I earn money doing it? Entrepreneurial process of bloggers
PublikacjaNew technologies and a new way of looking at the life of future generations, open up new perspectives of entrepreneurial activities. One of them is to run a blog. Although the first blogs appeared many years ago and earning money from running them is also known to bloggers, little research is devoted to this form of entrepreneurship. The analysis of this phenomenon was carried out using the netnography method, which is not common...
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Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of New Honey Varietals
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Złote monety bulionowe – testowanie pasywnego charakteru inwestycji
PublikacjaCel – Wyznaczenie składu optymalnego portfela inwestycyjnego o minimalnym ryzyku, zawierającego inwestycję w polskie monety bulionowe (Orzeł Bielik) oraz inwestycję na polskiej giełdzie papierów wartościowych. Testowanie pasywnego charakteru inwestycji w monety. Metodologia badania – Konstrukcja portfeli inwestycyjnych o minimalnym ryzyku według teorii H.M. Markowitza. Autorska metoda badania pasywnego charakteru inwestycji...
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Low-Power WSN System for Honey Bee Monitoring
PublikacjaThe paper presents a universal low-power system for biosensory data acquisition in scope of bees monitoring. We describe the architecture of the system, energy-saving components as well as we discuss the selection of used sensors. The work focuses on energy optimization in a scope of wireless communication. A custom protocol was implemented, which is the basis for presented energy-efficient devices. Data exchange process during...
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Flow cytometry as an estimation tool for honey bee sperm viability
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Micro and Macroelements in Honey and Atmospheric Pollution (NW and Central Poland)
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Challenges in preparing honey samples for chromatographic determination of contaminants and trace residues
PublikacjaThe determination of contaminations and residues in honey is of growing concern over past few years, especially that these compounds can not only diminish beneficial properties of honey but more importantly, if present in significant amounts, can pose serious threat to human health. Since honey is characterized by complex composition of the matrix sample, it is often necessary to apply clean-up step, in order to eliminate interfering...
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Application of an Electronic Nose Instrument to Fast Classification of Polish Honey Types
PublikacjaThe paper presents practical utilization of an electronic nose prototype, based on the FIGARO semiconductor sensors, in fast classification of Polish honey types—acacia flower, linden flower, rape, buckwheat and honeydew ones. A set of thermostating modules of the prototype provided gradient temperature characteristics of barbotage-prepared gas mixtures and stable measurement conditions. Three chemometric data analysis methods...
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Determination of Pesticide Residues in Honey using the GC×GC-TOFMS Technique
PublikacjaIn this study, a QuEChERS method and gas chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GCxGC-TOFMS) was developed for rapid extraction and simultaneous determination of 12 pesticide residues in honey. The GCxGC-TOFMS method was validated according to the SANCO guidance in terms of linearity, selectivity, reproducibility and recovery. Regarding the results, recovery rates ranged between 70-120% with relative standard...
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Pesticide residues levels in honey from apiaries located of Northern Poland
PublikacjaConcentration levels of 30 pesticide residues were measured in honey samples collected from apiaries in northern part of Poland (Pomerania) using method based on the QuEChERS extraction followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with electron spray ionization (LC-ESI-MS/MS). In 29% of the samples were found positive for at least some of the target compounds. Concentration of bifenthrin, fenpyroximate, methidathion,...
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Comparison of Two Methods for the Determination of Selected Pesticides in Honey and Honeybee Samples
PublikacjaDeveloped and validated analytical methods for the determination of a wide spectrum of pesticide residues in honey and honeybee samples after the modification of QuEChERS extraction in combination with gas chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) and liquid chromatography–tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) were discussed and compared. The developed methods were evaluated regarding the utilized equipment...
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Influence of the Addition of Selected Spices on Sensory Quality and Biological Activity of Honey
PublikacjaBee honey is nutritious and has numerous health benefits, but its taste is for many people too bland. Honey with addition of spices could be important to the food industry as a functional product with positive health image and interesting taste. Such product would definitely meet health-driven consumers’ expectations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of addition of selected spices on sensory, antimicrobial,...
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Polskie szkolnictwo wyższe w drobnej sztuce użytkowej: monety, medale, znaczki
PublikacjaW książce przedstawiono pamiątki związane z 76 uczelniami. Większość z nich znajduje się w wykazie Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego. Uczelnie te wielokrotnie podlegały reorganizacji, zmieniały nazwy i struktury, podlegały łączeniu. Są wśród nich również takie, które z różnych przyczyn zlikwidowano lub które po 945 roku znalazły się poza granicami Polski i zostały przekształcone w uczelnie radzieckie, a później ukraińskie...
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Whole-genome sequencing and antimicrobial potential of bacteria isolated from Polish honey
PublikacjaThe aim of this study was the whole-genome analysis and assessment of the antimicrobial potential of bacterial isolates from honey harvested in one geographical location—the north of Poland. In total, 132 strains were derived from three honey samples, and the antimicrobial activity of CFAM (cell-free after-culture medium) was used as a criterion for strain selection and detailed genomic investigation. Two of the tested isolates...
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Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization with Bi-LSTM for Sustainable Air Quality Prediction
PublikacjaA reliable air quality prediction model is required for pollution control, human health monitoring, and sustainability. The existing air quality prediction models lack efficiency due to overfitting in prediction model and local optima trap in feature selection. This study proposes the Balanced Spider Monkey Optimization (BSMO) technique for effective feature selection to overcome the local optima trap and overfitting problems....
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Different Aspects of the Elemental Analysis of Honey by Flame Atomic Absorption and Emission Spectrometry: A Review
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A comparison of the spectrophotometric Winkler method and HPLC technique in the determination of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural in natural honey
PublikacjaPorównano technikę HPLC i klasyczną metodę spektrofotometryczną Winklera pod względem odzysku, precyzji, wykrywalności i oznaczalności 5-hydroksymetylofurfuralu (HMF) w miodach naturalnych. Zawartości HMF obiema metodami oznaczono w 15 różnych miodach naturalnych. Sześć miodów pochodziło z trójmiejskich punktów handlowych, 9 miodów pozyskano bezpośrednio od pszczelarzy z sześciu pasiek. Testem t-Studenta oszacowano istotność różnic...
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The inhibition effect of mad Honey on corrosion of 2007-type aluminium alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution
PublikacjaThe inhibition effect of mad honey on corrosion of 2007-type aluminium alloy in 3.5% NaCl solution was investigated by Tafel extrapolarisation (TP), electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and dynamic electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (DEIS). All the studied parameters exhibited good anti-corrosive properties against corrosion of 2007-type aluminium alloy in the test solution; the corrosion rates decreased with the increase...
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Age, frequency of volunteering, and Present-Hedonistic time perspective predict donating items to people in need, but not money to combat COVID-19 during lock-down
PublikacjaRestrictions due to COVID-19 necessitated staying at home, but in some cases, encouraged charitable behavior, e.g., donating items to people in need (e.g., clothes, food), or money to support combatting COVID-19. Drawing on the previous findings regarding helping during disastrous situations and roles of time perspective in helping behaviors, the study tested the predictive value of age, gender, previous volunteering, altruistic...
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Development of gas chromatography - tandem mass spectrometry procedure for development of pesticide residues in honey and honeybee samples
PublikacjaA new analytical procedure of determination of multiresidue of pesticides based on application of the modified QuEChERS approach at the step of sample preparation and technique GC-MS/MS has been developed and applied for studies the real honey and honeybee samples. Samples were collected from northern Poland (Pomerania). The proposed procedure enables for the determination of 34 and 30 pesticides residues respectively on honey...
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Application of dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction for the determination of selected organochlorine pesticides in honey by gas chromatography - mass spectrometry
PublikacjaDispersive liquid-liquid microextraction (DLLME) is a rapid and easy technique that consumes minute amounts of organic solvents. In this work, we present chemometric study on optimization of DLLME parameters for the extraction of aldrin, endrin, lindane, alfa-endosulfan, 4,4'-DDT and its metabolites from honey matrix. Method quantification limits (MQLs) vary between 0.3 ng/g for 2,4'-DDE and 4,4'-DDE to 13.2 ng/g for alfa-endosulfan...
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The Antimicrobial Potential of Bacteria Isolated from Honey Samples Produced in the Apiaries Located in Pomeranian Voivodeship in Northern Poland
PublikacjaThe principal objective of this study was to determine whether the honeys produced in apiaries located in Pomeranian Voivodeship (Northern Poland) contain bacteria producing metabolites with growth inhibition potential against important human and animal pathogens. The pathogens included Staphylococcus aurues, Staphyloccocus epidermidis, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans. From...
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In Vitro Antagonistic Effect of Gut Bacteriota Isolated from Indigenous Honey Bees and Essential Oils against Paenibacillus Larvae
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BADANIA ZŁĄCZY SPAWANYCH BIMETALU ZGRZEWANEGO WYBUCHOWO STALI NIESTOPOWEJ SA516 Gr. 60 ZE STOPEM MONEL 400
PublikacjaW pracy przedstawiono wyniki badań doczołowych złączy spawanych bimetalu typu stal niestopowa SA516 Gr. 60 - monel 400 (SB127 UNS 04400). Badany bimetal został wytworzony poprzez zgrzewanie wybuchowe. Określono własności mechaniczne, rozkład twardości oraz strukturę otrzymanych złączy. Zwrócono uwagę na trudności technologiczne spawania tego rodzaju materiału oraz możliwość generowania niezgodności spawalniczych.
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Solid phase extraction and sequential elution for pre-concentration of traces of Mn and Zn in analysis of honey by flame atomic absorption spectrometry
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Przeciwdziałanie procederowi prania pieniędzy na przykładzie wybranych regulacji prawnych Unii Europejskiej i Polski. Action against Money laundering as Exempliefied by selected legal Regulations of the European union and Poland
PublikacjaW opracowaniu omówiono zjawisko prania pieniędzy oraz jego negatywny wpływw na sktor finansowy i gospodarkę, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem Polski i Unii Europejskiej.Krajowe regulacje bankowe w zakresie zwalczania tego procederu są w znacznym stopniu zgodne zarówno z regulacjami międzynarodowymi w tym FATF, jak i Unii Europejskiej.
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Determining pesticide contamination in honey by LC-ESI-MS/MS - Comparison of pesticide recoveries of two liquid-liquid extraction based approaches
PublikacjaHoney, a valuable food product, may be contaminated by xenobiotics during its production and/or harvest. The determination of trace levels of contaminants in a complex matrix like honey still presents a challenge to analytical chemists. The aim of this work was to assess and compare the extraction efficiencies of 30 pesticide residues (acaricides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides), belonging to over 15 different chemical classes....
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Molecular cloning and initial characterization of African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) corticotropin releasing factor receptor type 1 (CRF1) from COS-7 cells
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Model of the Internet mortgage market optimization
PublikacjaThe Internet mortgages are currently a fast growing market, allowing selling mortgages cheaper andfaster than in the traditional methods such as in bank departments.Given the specificity of selling mortgages in the Internet, banks try to sell more mortgages by spendingmore money on advertising and paying higher commission to the brokers selling their products. It is important tooptimise the amounts of money in both sectors (the...
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PRZEDPŁATOWE LICZNIKI ENERGII ELEKTRYCZNEJ
PublikacjaDo rozliczania pieniężnego między konsumentem, będącym odbiorcą energii elektrycznej i zakładem energetycznym dostarczającym energię elektryczną, wykorzystywane są urządzenia pomiarowe zwane licznikami. W artykule przedstawiono genezę i konstrukcję liczników przedpłatowych, wyposażonych w skarbonkę na monety lub żetony. Wykorzystanie takiego licznika polegało na umożliwieniu pobrania określonej ilości energii elektrycznej, odpowiadającej...
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PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS’ ENERGY EFFICIENCY
PublikacjaThe payment system and infrastructure is a sector that is not given enough attention today in the context of energy efficiency. This sector plays a big role in organizing and ensuring money circulation and funds. It has its value consisting on the one hand of the cost of payment equipment, infrastructure, payment instruments. On other hand, its value consists of the cost of energy for their manufacture and maintenance. The European...
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Activity of Polish unifloral honeys against pathogenic bacteria and its correlation with colour, phenolic content, antioxidant capacity and other parameters.
PublikacjaThe use of honey as an antimicrobial agent gains importance due to often ineffectiveness of conventional treatment. However, activity of honey depends mainly on its botanical and geographical origin. To date, antimicrobial potential of Polish honeys has not yet been entirely investigated. In this study, 37 unifloral samples of 14 honey types (including rare varieties) from Poland were analysed and compared with manuka honey. The...
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Safeguarding democracy during pandemics. Social distancing, postal, or internet voting—the good, the bad, or the ugly?
PublikacjaDuring a pandemic, many countries and organizations must decide whether to postpone upcoming elections or to hold them (Krimmer et al., 2020a). If the decision is made to hold the election, three main scenarios come to mind: continue using the existing system but include measures to ensure the health of participants; or look for alternatives among remote voting channels which could ensure social distancing is guaranteed either...
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New methodology for calculating cost-efficiency of different ways of voting: is internet voting cheaper?
PublikacjaNew ways of voting in elections are being sought by electoral administrations worldwide who want to reverse declining voter turnouts without increasing electoral budgets. This paper presents a novel approach to cost accounting for multi-channel elections based on local elections in Estonia. By doing so, it addresses an important gap in the academic literature in this field. The authors confirm that internet voting was most cost-efficient...
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Studies on origin of Polish honeys by two-dimensional gas chromatography Ocena pochodzenia surowcowego polskich miodów przy użyciu dwuwymiarowej chromatografii gazowej
PublikacjaPolish acacia, linden, rapessed and buckwheat-derived honeys and a honydew were analysed for presence of hydrocarbons, alcs., ketones and esters by 2-dimensional gas chromatog. to establish the markers for the honey origin. PrOH was found characteristic for acacia honey, Me(CH2)11OH for linden honey, Me(CH2)6CHOMe for honeydew and Me(CH2)8COOEt for the rapeseed honey. Wykorzystano technikę dwuwymiarowej chromatografii gazowej sprzężonej...
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Ewolucja dojrzałości informatycznych procesów wsparcia
PublikacjaTematem rozdziału jest ewolucja organizacji wsparcia, obejmując sześć wymiarów: procesy, usługi, projekty, technologię, wiedzę i kulturę organizacji. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono procesom opisując wspólny projekt badawczy Politechniki Gdańskiej i GE Money Bank oraz założenia dla wsparcie decyzji w ewolucji za pomocą modelu opartego na wiedzy.
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Detection of the Bee Queen Presence Using Sound Analysis
PublikacjaThis work describes the system and methods of data analysis we use for beehive monitoring. We present overview of the hardware infrastructures used in hive monitoring systems and we describe algorithms used for analysis of this kind of data. Based on acquisited signals we construct the application that is capable to detect an absence of honey bee queen. We describe our method of signal analysis and present results that allow us...
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Levels of 13 multi-class pesticide residues in Polish honeys determined by LC-ESI-MS/MS
PublikacjaLevels of 13 pesticides in 40 honey samples form Poland are reported. A rapid and sensitive method was developed for the LC-ESI-MS/MS determination of multi-class pesticide residues in honey samples. Liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) on a diatomaceous earth support (requiring the use of small amounts of organic solvent), followed by chromatographic separation on a C18 column and gradient elution were employed. The method quantifies...
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Masowe wymieranie pszczół – problem nie tylko pszczelarzy
PublikacjaPestycydy to bardzo liczna grupa różnorodnych związków chemicznych stosowanych w rolnictwie. Ze względu na swoją trwałość gromadzą się w różnych elementach środowiska i mogą występować w obszarze, na którym nigdy nie zostały użyte. Zachodzi także proces ich bioakumulacji w tkankach oraz narządach zwierząt i roślin. Stosowane w rolnictwie środki ochrony roślin (szczególnie w okresie wzmożonych zabiegów agrotechnicznych wiosną...
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Pesticide Analysis of Bee and Bee Product Samples
PublikacjaBee products possess therapeutic properties and are the source of many essential trace elements,which is why they are regarded as valuable food products. Honey bees may bring to thehive numerous contaminants deposited on the plants they visit, including pesticide withoutxenobiotics. The large-scale application of pesticides in agriculture and horticulture can lead tomass mortality among bees, and the chemicals find their way into...
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Pesticide analysis of bee and bee product samples
PublikacjaBee products possess therapeutic properties and are the source of many essential trace elements,which is why they are regarded as valuable food products. Honey bees may bring to thehive numerous contaminants deposited on the plants they visit, including pesticide withoutxenobiotics. The large-scale application of pesticides in agriculture and horticulture can lead tomass mortality among bees, and the chemicals find their way into...