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Propolis samples were collected from five beehives located in Chalkidiki (northern Greece), where all mentioned treatments were used and chemically analyzed and compared to control ones. Propolis samples were collected on days 7, 21, and 65 after the application of Varroa treatments, extracted with ethanol\/water (70:30), silylated, and then analyzed using GC-MS, showing the predominance of diterpenes. The sublimation of oxalic acid and the amitraz treatment yielded a low glycerol residue (5.12% and 5.09% from 9.98% and 9.19%, respectively) in propolis specimens, while glycerin-impregnated oxalic acid strips led to elevated glycerol percentages (24.30% from 20.51%), unlike the reduced glycerol residues for all other treatments (instillation: 12.60% from 14.48% and glycerin-impregnated formic acid strips: 8.91% from 9.25%) and controls (3.27% from 6.30%). Furthermore, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and the corresponding biplot illustrated how the sample composition varied across treatments and sampling days, highlighting the chemical constituent categories that most strongly contributed to these distinctions. These findings suggest that the use of glycerol-impregnated strips should be avoided in future beekeeping treatments against varroosis, as they could have a negative impact on the quality of propolis either for nutritional or medicinal applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/insects16090871","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,22]],"date-time":"2025-08-22T12:31:26Z","timestamp":1755865886000},"page":"871","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Does Glycerin Used in Varroa Treatments Alter Propolis Quality?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-7461-5380","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Freideriki","family":"Papakosta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6648-558X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantia","family":"Graikou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1279-1300","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leonidas","family":"Charistos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation \u2018DIMITRA\u2019, 63200 Nea Moudania, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6180-821X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antigoni","family":"Cheilari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6506-5874","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fani","family":"Hatjina","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation \u2018DIMITRA\u2019, 63200 Nea Moudania, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioanna","family":"Chinou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Pyrgioti, E., Graikou, K., Cheilari, A., and Chinou, I. 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