Stingless bee (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) ecology

DW Roubik - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Stingless bees form perennial colonies of honey-making insects. The> 600 species of
stingless bees, mainly Neotropical, live throughout tropical latitudes. Foragers influence …

[HTML][HTML] The use of alternative food sources to improve health and guarantee access and food intake

LRB Mariutti, KS Rebelo, A Bisconsin-Junior… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
To feed and provide Food Security to all people in the world is a big challenge to be
achieved with the 2030 Agenda. Undernutrition and obesity are to the opposite of a healthy …

A Preliminary Study of Chemical Profiles of Honey, Cerumen, and Propolis of the African Stingless Bee Meliponula ferruginea

M Popova, D Gerginova, B Trusheva, S Simova… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, the honey and propolis of stingless bees have been attracting growing attention
because of their health-promoting properties. However, studies on these products of African …

Unique physicochemical properties and rare reducing sugar trehalulose mandate new international regulation for stingless bee honey

N Zawawi, J Zhang, NL Hungerford, HSA Yates… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Stingless bee honey (SBH) of four stingless bee species (Heterotrigona itama, Geniotrigona
thoracica, Tetragonula carbonaria, and Tetragonula hockingsi) from two geographic regions …

Nanoscale ZnO improves the amino acids and lipids in tomato fruits and the subsequent assimilation in a simulated human gastrointestinal tract model

M Sun, Z Cai, C Li, Y Hao, X Xu, K Qian, H Li, Y Guo… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
With the widespread use of nanoenabled agrochemicals, it is essential to evaluate the food
safety of nanomaterials (NMs)-treated vegetable crops in full life cycle studies as well as …

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 …

Characterization of honeys produced by sympatric species of Afrotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

HO Mokaya, K Nkoba, RM Ndunda, NJ Vereecken - Food chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
We investigated the effect of bee species identity and harvesting methods on the chemical
composition and antiradical activity of 53 honey samples, produced by six stingless bee …

Stingless bee honey: An overview of health benefits and main market challenges

TC Pimentel, M Rosset, JMB de Sousa… - Journal of Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review aimed to evaluate the nutraceutical and medicinal effects of stingless bee honey
(SBH) by bringing a discussion focused on the main known in vitro/in vivo health‐promoting …

Honey quality parameters, chemical composition and antimicrobial activity in twelve Ecuadorian stingless bees (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) tested against …

I Villacrés-Granda, D Coello, A Proaño, I Ballesteros… - Lwt, 2021 - Elsevier
Ecuadorian honey samples of eight genera and 12 stingless bee species from three
geographic regions (Andes, Amazon and Pacific) were studied for their physicochemical …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of bee species and vegetation on the antioxidant properties of honeys produced by Afrotropical stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

CA Mduda, JM Hussein, MH Muruke - Journal of Agriculture and Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stingless bee honey is widely utilized as a traditional medicine in tropical and subtropical
regions. The rich diversity of stingless bees and floral resources in the African tropics …