RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Contamination of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) royal jelly by pesticides and sample preparation methods for Its determination: A critical appraisal A1 Fuente Ballesteros, Adrián de la A1 Brugnerotto, Patricia A1 Nguyen, Vinh Dinh A1 Costa, Ana C.O. A1 Bernal del Nozal, José A1 Ares Sacristán, Ana María K1 Extraction (Chemistry) K1 Extracción (Química) K1 Insecticides K1 Acaricides K1 Bee products K1 Sample treatment K1 Bees K1 Abejas K1 Entomology K1 Entomología K1 Food science K1 Microbiology K1 3101.07 Insecticidas K1 2408.03 Insectos K1 3206 Ciencias de la Nutrición K1 3206.11 Toxicidad de Los Alimentos K1 2414 Microbiología AB Pesticides can easily enter the food chain, harming bee populations and ecosystems. Exposure of beehive products to various contaminants has been identified as one of the factors contributing to the decline in bee populations, and multiple food alerts have been reported. Despite this fact, royal jelly, a valuable bee product with nutritional and functional properties, has received less attention in this context. Pesticide residues of different chemical class can contaminate royal jelly when foraging bees collect pollen or nectar from pesticide-treated flowers, or in some cases, due to its frequent and inappropriate use in the treatment of mites in beehives. To monitor this issue and also make it more reliable, it is crucial to develop effective sample preparation methods for extracting pesticides from royal jelly for subsequent analysis. In this context, this review provides information about sample preparation methods (solid-phase extraction, solvent extraction, and QuEChERS—quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) and analytical methods that have been validated or improved to extract and analyze pesticides, respectively, in royal jelly samples of different origins. Finally, future perspectives are discussed. With this background, we aim to provide data that can guide future research related to this topic. PB MDPI SN 2304-8158 YR 2023 FD 2023 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66915 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/66915 LA eng NO Foods, 2023, Vol. 12, Nº. 19, 3612 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 18-nov-2024