**3. Results and Discussion**

### *3.1. Pesticide Residues*

Among the 223 pesticides analysed in the honey samples (Table 1), 11 substances were identified, including 5 insecticides (acetamiprid, thiacloprid, thiacloprid-amide, thiamethoxam, and dimethoate), 4 fungicides (carbendazim, azoxystrobin, tebuconazole, and boscalid), and 2 pharmacologically active substances used in veterinary medicine (DMF and total amitraz) (Table 2). No residues of herbicides, plant growth regulators, or acaricides were found in the honey samples. Only three samples were free of pesticide residues, but it should be noted that there was no sample in which the acceptable level of any of the substances was exceeded.


**Table 2.** List of substances identified in honey (V—Veterinary drugs, F—Fungicides, I—Insecticides; II—Moderately hazardous, U—Unlikely to present acute hazard; LOQ—Limit of quantification (mg/kg), MRL—Maximum residue level (mg/kg)).
