Stingless bee honey (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): A review of quality control, chemical profile, and biological potential

ECA Souza, C Menezes, A Flach - Apidologie, 2021 - Springer
Products made by bees are well-known for their beneficial properties and nutritional value.
This association has been proven by scientific studies that describe their composition and …

Stingless bee honey: a precious but unregulated product-reality and expectations

F Braghini, FC Biluca, M Schulz… - Food reviews …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Stingless bee honey is a unique product with physicochemical characteristics and distinct
antioxidant, antimicrobial, and medicinal properties from Apis mellifera honey. However, it …

Stingless bee honey: Quality parameters, bioactive compounds, health-promotion properties and modification detection strategies

S Ávila, MR Beux, RH Ribani, RC Zambiazi - Trends in Food Science & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Honey is a natural product produced and marketed worldwide by stingless
bees and Apis bees. Both these types of honey contain unique and distinct compounds of …

Screening for quality indicators and phenolic compounds of biotechnological interest in honey samples from six species of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

RG OLIVEIRA, S Jain, AC Luna, LS Freitas… - Food Science and …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Honey from stingless bees of the genus Melipona is a well sought product. Nevertheless
lack of legal frameworks for quality assessment complicates the evaluation of food safety …

Physicochemical properties of stingless bee honey from around the globe: A comprehensive review

A Nordin, NQAV Sainik, SR Chowdhury… - Journal of Food …, 2018 - Elsevier
Stingless bee honey has been reported to not meet the quality standards set for honey. In
response, researchers from Venezuela and Malaysia have proposed unique quality …

[HTML][HTML] Composition of stingless bee honey: setting quality standards

B Souza, D Roubik, O Barth, T Heard, E EnrÍquez… - Interciencia, 2006 - ve.scielo.org
Compositional data from 152 stingless bee (Meliponini) honey samples were compiled from
studies since 1964, and evaluated to propose a quality standard for this product. Since …

Tetragonisca angustula Pot-Honey Compared to Apis mellifera Honey from Brazil

LB de Almeida-Muradian - Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees, 2012 - Springer
In Brazil there are two types of beekeeping: commercial, which uses Apis mellifera, and
meliponiculture, which uses stingless bees. Honey from stingless bees is more expensive …

[HTML][HTML] Physicochemical profiles, minerals and bioactive compounds of stingless bee honey (Meliponinae)

FC Biluca, F Braghini, LV Gonzaga, ACO Costa… - Journal of Food …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigates the physicochemical properties, majority minerals, total phenolic
compounds and antioxidant activity of stingless bee honey. Thirty-three samples from ten …

Quality standards for medicinal uses of Meliponinae honey in Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela

P Vit, M Medina, M Eunice Enríquez - Bee world, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Beekeeping with stingless bees (meliponiculture) is practiced in Guatemala, Mexico and
Venezuela. In this article we review the medicinal uses of stingless bee honeys in these …

Physicochemical profiles of stingless bee (Apidae: Meliponini) honey from South east Asia (Thailand)

B Chuttong, Y Chanbang, K Sringarm, M Burgett - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
This study examines the physicochemical properties of stingless bee honey from SE Asia
(Thailand). Twenty-eight stingless bee honey samples, from 11 stingless bee species, were …