Honey bee exposure scenarios to selected residues through contaminated beeswax

Twenty-two pesticides and veterinary drugs of which residues were detected in beeswax Europe selected according to different criteria. The risk honey bee health posed by the presence these wax was assessed based on three exposure scenarios. first one corresponds larvae following their close contact with constituting cells they develop. second consumption larval food that contaminated from wax. third adult bees chewing when building a theoretical worst-case scenario (= intake contaminants wax). Following scenarios, maximum concentrations should not be exceeded order protect calculated for each substance. Based values, provisional action limits proposed. Beeswax exceeding put market.