A multivariate approach based on physicochemical parameters and biological potential for the botanical and geographical discrimination of Brazilian bee pollen

AAM De-Melo, LM Estevinho, MM Moreira… - Food bioscience, 2018 - Elsevier
Fifty six Brazilian bee pollen samples were characterised, and their botanical and
geographical origins were studied. The samples were also classified based on …

Honey from stingless bee as indicator of contamination with metals

AS do Nascimento, ED Chambó… - …, 2018 - periodicos.uefs.br
Abstract Melipona scutellaris (Apidae, Meliponini) is one of the main species of stingless
bees used in beekeeping in the Northeast of Brazil. We examined the honey from M …

Pollen niche of Melipona (Melikerria) interrupta (Apidae: Meliponini) bred in a meliponary in a terra-firme forest in the central Amazon

MG Ferreira, ML Absy - Palynology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Monthly corbicular samples derived from weekly collections of Melipona (Melikerria)
interrupta (Apidae: Meliponini) were analyzed alongside a single honey sample between …

Pollen analysis of Atlantic forest honey from the Vale do Ribeira Region, state of São Paulo, Brazil

LB Bosco, CFP da Luz - Grana, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The pollen contents of 34 Apis mellifera honey samples from the Quilombola Community of
Porto Velho (Vale do Ribeira, state of São Paulo, Brazil) were studied in order to identify …

A Late Quaternary palynological record of a palm swamp in the Cerrado of central Brazil interpreted using modern analog data

RF Cassino, CT Martinho… - Palaeogeography …, 2018 - Elsevier
The fossil pollen record from a Late Quaternary peat core collected in the São José palm
swamp, in the northwest region of Minas Gerais state (Central Brazil), is interpreted using a …

Chemical, Microbiological, and Palynological Composition of the “Samburá” Melipona scutellaris Pot-Pollen

RM de Oliveira Alves, G da Silva Sodré… - Pot-pollen in stingless …, 2018 - Springer
Pollen is an excellent source of protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins and is
considered a food of high nutritional value as well as a source of income from economic …

Pollen types from colonies of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) established in a coffee plantation

CIS Lucas, WCD Andrade, AF Ferreira, GDS Sodré… - Grana, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Melipona scutellaris is a eusocial bee with potential to be used as a crop pollinator. This
study aimed to identify pollen types used by M elipona scutellaris through the analysis of …

Discriminating unifloral honey from a dioecious mass flowering tree of Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest through pollen spectra: consequences of honeybee …

P Calaça, C Schlindwein, EMAF Bastos - Apidologie, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Myracrodruon urundeuva (“aroeira”) is a dioecious tree of the seasonally dry
tropical forest (SDTF) of Brazil and source of a unique unifloral honey. To discriminate this …

Floral resources and risk of exposure to pesticides for Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier 1836 in a Cerrado of São Paulo (Brazil)

CFP da Luz, AO Fidalgo, SAY Silva, SS Rodrigues… - Grana, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Honey and bee bread samples from storage pots of Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides
were collected monthly from April 2015 to May 2016 in the Mogi Guaçu Biological Reserve …

Effect of bee pollen extract on lead-induced toxicity in rat testis

S Bouazza, A Demmouche, F Toumi-Benali… - South Asian Journal of …, 2018 - hal.science
Collected by honeybees, Bee pollen is a flower pollen gathered from selected flower
species by special pollen traps, therapeutic qualities and reproductive performance of bee …