14
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Composition of stingless bee honey: Setting quality standards Translated title: Composição do mel de abelhas sem ferrão: Estabelecendo requisitos de qualidade Translated title: Composición de la miel de abejas sin aguijón: Estableciendo requisitos de calidad

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          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 stingless bee honey has a different composition than Apis mellifera honey, some physicochemical parameters are presented according to stingless bee species. The entomological origin of the honey was known for 17 species of Meliponini from Brazil, one from Costa Rica, six from Mexico, 27 from Panama, one from Surinam, two from Trinidad & Tobago, and seven from Venezuela, most from the genus Melipona. The results varied as follows: moisture (19.9-41.9g/100g), pH (3.15-4.66), free acidity (5.9-109.0meq/Kg), ash (0.01-1.18g/100g), diastase activity (0.9-23.0DN), electrical conductivity (0.49-8.77mS/cm), HMF (0.4-78.4mg/Kg), invertase activity (19.8-90.1IU), nitrogen (14.34-144.00mg/100g), reducing sugars (58.0-75.7g/100g) and sucrose (1.1-4.8g/100g). Moisture content of stingless bee honey is generally higher than the 20% maximum established for A. mellifera honey. Guidelines for further contributions would help make the physicochemical database of meliponine honey more objective, in order to use such data to set quality standards. Pollen analysis should be directed towards the recognition of unifloral honeys produced by stingless bees, in order to obtain standard products from botanical species. A honey quality control campaign directed to both stingless beekeepers and stingless bee honey hunters is needed, as is harmonization of analytical methods.

          Translated abstract

          Dados de composição de 152 amostras de mel de abelhas sem ferrão foram compilados de estudos realizados desde 1964, e sendo avaliados para propor requisitos de qualidade para este produto. Considerando que o mel de abelhas sem ferrão apresenta uma composição distinta ao de Apis mellifera, alguns parâmetros físico-químicos foram apresentados de acordo com a espécie de abelha sem ferrão. A origem entomológica do mel correspondeu a 17 espécies de Meliponini do Brasil, uma da Costa Rica, seis do México, 27 do Panamá, uma do Suriname, duas de Trinidad & Tobago, e sete da Venezuela, a maioria do gênero Melipona. Os resultados variaram como segue: umidade (19,9-41,9 g/100g), pH (3,15-4,66), acidez livre (5,9-109,0 meq/Kg), cinzas (0,01-1,18 g/100g), atividade diastásica (0,9-23,0 DN), condutividade elétrica (0,49-8,77 mS/cm), HMF (0.4-78.4 mg/Kg), atividade da invertase (19,8-90,1 IU), nitrogênio (14,34-144,00 mg/100g), açúcares redutores (58,0-75,7 g/100g) e sacarose (1,1-4,8 g/100g). O conteúdo de umidade dos méis de abelhas sem ferrão é geralmente superior ao máximo de 20% estabelecido para o mel de A. mellifera. As diretrizes oferecidas podem ajudar a expansão consistente da base de dados físico-químicos de mel de abelhas sem ferrão, para estabelecer seus requisitos de qualidade. A análise polínica deve ser direcionada para o reconhecimento dos méis uniflorais produzidos pelas abelhas sem ferrão, a fim de obter produtos padronizados de acordo com sua origem botânica. É necessária uma campanha de controle de qualidade do mel tanto para os coletores de mel de abelhas sem ferrão, como para os meliponicultores, juntamentente com a harmonização dos métodos analíticos.

          Translated abstract

          Se compilaron datos de composición de 152 mieles de abejas sin aguijón (Meliponini) en estudios realizados desde 1964, y se evaluaron para proponer requisitos de calidad para este producto. Dado que la miel de abejas sin aguijón tienen una composición distinta a la de Apis mellifera, algunos parámetros físico-químicos fueron presentados según la especie abejas sin aguijón. El origen entomológico de la miel se asignó a 17 especies de Meliponini de Brasil, una de Costa Rica, seis de México, 27 de Panamá, una de Surinam, dos de Trinidad & Tobago, y siete de Venezuela, mayormente del género Melipona. Los resultados variaron así: humedad (19,9-41,9g/100g), pH (3,15-4,66), acidez libre (5,9-109,0meq/Kg), cenizas (0,01-1,18g/100g), actividad de la diastasa (0,9-23,0DN), conductividad eléctrica (0,49-8,77mS/cm), HMF (0,9-78,4mg/Kg), actividad de la invertasa (19,8-90,1IU), nitrógeno (14,34-144,00mg/100g), azúcares reductores (58,0-75,7g/100g) y sacarosa (1,1-4,8g/100g), El contenido de humedad de las mieles de abejas sin aguijón es generalmente superior al máximo de 20% establecido para la miel de A. mellifera. Las directrices ofrecidas pueden ayudar a la expansión consistente de la base de datos físico-químicos de miel de abejas sin aguijón, para establecer sus requisitos de calidad en un futuro. El análisis de polen debería dirigirse hacia el reconocimiento de las mieles uniflorales producidas por las abejas sin aguijón, a fin de obtener productos estandarizados según las especies botánicas. Se necesita una campaña de control de calidad de miel tanto para los recolectores de miel de abejas sin aguijón como para los meliponicultores, junto con la armonización de los métodos analíticos.

          Related collections

          Most cited references56

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          Offcial Methods of Analysis

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Book: not found

            The Bees of the World

            A comprehensive, worldwide treatment of all groups of bees - 1200 genera and subgenera, including more than 16,000 species. In extensive introductory sections, Charles D. Michener examines the evolution of bees from wasps, the relations of the families of bees to one another, the evolution of bees in relation to that of flowering plants, the nesting behaviour of solitary and social bees, and the structure of immature and adult bees. Drawing on these considerations as well as the fossil record, he speculates on the attributes of the protobee, the common ancestor of all bees. He also cites the major literature on bee biology and describes the need for further research on the systematics and natural history of bees, including their importance as pollinators of crops and natural vegetation.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: found
              • Article: not found

              The role of stingless bees in crop pollination.

              Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are common visitors to flowering plants in the tropics, but evidence for their importance and effectiveness as crop pollinators is lacking for most plant species. They are known to visit the flowers of approximately 90 crop species. They were confirmed to be effective and important pollinators of 9 species. They may make a contribution to the pollination of approximately 60 other species, but there is insufficient information to determine their overall effectiveness or importance. They have been recorded from another 20 crops, but other evidence suggests that they do not have an important role because these plants are pollinated by other means. The strengths and limitations of stingless bees as crop pollinators are discussed. Aspects of their biology that impact on their potential for crop pollination are reviewed, including generalized flower visiting behavior of colonies, floral constancy of individual bees, flight range, and the importance of natural vegetation for maintaining local populations.
                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Journal
                inci
                Interciencia
                INCI
                ASOCIACIÓN INTERCIENCIA (Caracas )
                0378-1844
                December 2006
                : 31
                : 12
                : 867-875
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade de São Paulo (USP) Brazil
                [2 ] Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Panama
                [3 ] Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Brazil
                [4 ] CSIRO Australia
                [5 ] Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala Guatemala
                [6 ] Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia Brazil
                [7 ] Universidade Estadual Paulista Brazil
                [8 ] USP Brazil
                [9 ] ABENA/CEIPAC Brazil
                [10 ] Istituto Sperimentale per la Zoologia Agraria Italy
                [11 ] USP Brazil
                [12 ] Swiss Bee Research Centre Switzerland
                [13 ] Universidad de Los Andes Venezuela
                Article
                S0378-18442006001200008
                15d2f2d6-c9f7-40b0-b48c-bf6f003a62bc

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                History
                Product

                SciELO Venezuela

                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=0378-1844&lng=en
                Categories
                ECOLOGY

                Ecology
                Honey,Pollen Analysis,Quality Criteria,Stingless Bee Honey
                Ecology
                Honey, Pollen Analysis, Quality Criteria, Stingless Bee Honey

                Comments

                Comment on this article