Quality of Brazilian stingless bee honeys: Cephalotrigona capitata/mombucão and Melipona scutellaris Latrelle/uruçu

FIN Moreira, LL de Medeiros, LM de Carvalho… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Honeys produced by stingless bees Cephalotrigona capitata and Scutellaris Latrelle in the
Caatinga and Atlantic Forest biomes were characterized in terms of chemical composition …

Malicia honey (Mimosa quadrivalvis L.) produced by the jandaíra bee (Melipona subnitida D.) improves depressive-like behaviour, somatic, biochemical and …

MLR Bezerra, M Gouveia-Nhanca… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Malícia honey produced by the jandaíra bee has hypoglycaemic and hypolipidemic effects
and antioxidant activity in vitro and in vivo, which makes it potential adjuvant treatment for …

Melissopalinological, chemical and phenolic analysis of “canudo de pito” honey: a product from specific region of Brazil

P Brugnerotto, SKT Seraglio, D Dortzbach… - … Food Research and …, 2023 - Springer
This study characterized “canudo de pito” honeys by melissopalynological analysis,
physicochemical characteristics, sugars, minerals, aliphatic organic acids (AOA), phenolic …

Botanical characterization of Apis mellifera honeys in areas under different degrees of disturbance in the southern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

A Córdova-Rodríguez, AA Aragón-Moreno, GA Islebe… - …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Apiculture is an important economic activity in Mexico, and deforestation, extensive
agriculture, and other types of land use threaten sustainable honey production. This study …

Markers for the spatial and temporal differentiation of bee pollen harvested by Apis mellifera L. in the Eastern Andes of Colombia

LC Casas Restrepo, IE Gutierrez Alabat… - Journal of Apicultural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The plant diversity present in Andean ecosystems is fundamental for the preservation of
pollinator species, particularly for bees, due to their direct dependence on the supply of …

Botanical and geographical origins of some commercial Apis mellifera var. adansonii honeys from Nigeria

KC Daraojimba, CFP Da Luz - Grana, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In recent times, there has been an increase in adulterated honey in the commercial market
owing to the lucrative nature of the honey business in Nigeria. Melissopalynology analyses …

Stingless bee resources during reforestation of the Atlantic domain of Rio De Janeiro city, Brazil

OM Barth, AS Freitas - Journal of Apicultural Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Extensive farms were developed from the first settlements in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The
scarcity of water year after year currently necessitates the reforestation of degraded areas to …

Pollen quality assessment of Tetragonisca angustula, Melipona quadrifasciata and Apis mellifera

AN Barroso, ACP de Menezes Filho… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2023 - bjs.emnuvens.com.br
Pollen is a product originating from the anthers of flowers. Members of the Apidae group
feed on this floristic product, which is metabolized and stored in the hives. It is known that the …

Assessing entomological collection data to build pollen interaction networks in the tropical Amazon forest

L de Araújo Romeiro, RC Borges, EF Da Silva… - Arthropod-Plant …, 2023 - Springer
Interactions between species are the driving force behind ecological dynamics within
communities. For this reason, community structure has been described as networks of …

Qualidade de méis de abelhas sem ferrão Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811), Trigona pallens (Fabricius, 1798) e Lestrimelitta limao (Smith) em área urbana …

JCT Lico, ACP de Menezes Filho… - Brazilian Journal …, 2023 - periodicos.cerradopub.com.br
Brazil is rich in stingless bee species that produce high quality honey. This study aimed to
evaluate the quality of honey from stingless bees in an urban area in the municipality of Rio …