Honey is a natural product that is widely used for both nutritional
and therapeutical purposes. Like any other food, honey is
prone to various types of contamination (Al-Waili et al., 2012)
and it should be free of any chemical contaminants and safe for
human consumption (Tsipi et al., 1999). Honey bees and their
products, including honey, wax, and pollen are considered potential
indicators to mirror the contamination of their surroundings,
and often used as a sound mean for environmental biomonitoring.
Biomonitoring is a valuable assessment tool that is receiving
increased attention in monitoring programs. In a general sense,
biomonitoring may be defined as the use of organisms/materials
to obtain quantitative information on certain characteristics of