Stingless bees (Meliponini) are highly social bees that are native to tropical and sub-tropical
ecosystems. Resin use is vital to many aspects of stingless bee colony function. Stingless …

Social immunity, which describes how individual behaviors of group members effectively
reduce disease and parasite transmission at the colony level, is an emerging field in social …

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 …

This work evaluated the nutritional, phytochemical composition and botanical origin of
commercial bee pollen from three different countries. Fructose (17–23%) was the most …

Abstract “Bee pollen” is pollen collected from flowers by honey bees. It is used by the bees to
nourish themselves, mainly by providing royal jelly and brood food, but it is also used for …

Honey is considered a complex matrix for presenting a range of secondary metabolites
originating from the regional flora. It has been highlighted as a functional food consumed …

Melissopalynological analysis of 39 honey samples from Oaxaca, Mexico, enabled us to
establish the important plant sources exploited by bees during the principal harvest in four …

Honey in Traditional and Modern Medicine Page 1 Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern
Times Honey in Traditional and Modern Medicine Edited by Laïd Boukraâ Page 2 Honey in …

Legumes can interact simultaneously with multiple microbial partners in symbiosis, including
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), N 2-fixing bacteria, and nodule-associated bacteria …

In this study, twenty free amino acids (FAA) were investigated in samples of bracatinga
(Mimosa scabrella) honeydew honey (BHH) from Santa Catarina (n= 15) and Paraná (n …