In the beginning of 2021, the GLP team at Agrolab has started to establish honey residue studies in tunnels. An untreated and a treated tunnel are established over a flowering phacelia crop and one bee family is introduced in each tunnel. Two weeks after application of the test product in the treated tunnel, the honey produced from the phacelia crop is collected and analyzed for residues. Also the bee families from each tunnel are monitored during the whole trial period.
Untreated and treated tunnel at Agrolab’s Headquarter in Indslev. Tunnel covering phacelia crop. Application of test product in the treated tunnel. Assessment of the introduced bee family. Beehive housing the introduced bee family. Collection of honey for residue analysis.