RESUMO
Pesticides are extremely hazardous to human health as well as various kinds of non-target organisms. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is not only a dominant pollinator, but also a good indicator of pesticide residue and pollutants in the environment. At the time of sample collection in each village, the surrounding flora was Triticum aestivum and Brassica species. The area chosen for this study covered only 15% of the land in the state of Punjab, but pesticide consumption was approximately 75% of the state consumption. Pesticides in the collected samples (from six districts) were analyzed using RP-HPLC chromatography. The chemical methoxychlor (MC) was not found in any of the six villages' honey samples; however, spiromesifen (n = 5) and aldicarb (n = 5) were the most prevalent chemicals and were found in every honey sample. The pesticides carbendazim (n = 1) and parathion methyl (n = 1) were found only in Behman (longitude 29.9224° N and latitude 75.1137° E), and Malumazra (longitude 30.2468° N and latitude 75.8500° E). The carbofuran (n = 3) was discovered in Talwandi Sabo (longitude 29.984° N and latitude 75.8500° E), Himmatpura (longitude 30.5289° N and latitude 75.3616° E), and Malumazra, while atrazine (n = 4) was discovered in all except Malumazra. Three identical pesticides were observed in Chukrian (longitude 29.9759° N and latitude 75.4476° E) and Singo (longitude 29.9092° N and latitude 75.1589° E) indicating the same pesticides used in these villages. The given study gives a summary model to use A. mellifera as a quick monitoring bioindicator of the environment. This model helps to maintain a pesticide or pollutant database of selected areas for regular monitoring of the surrounding environment.