Pollen Spectrum and Foraging Plants for the Red Dwarf Bee in Jordan

This study aimed to characterize the honeys of Babors Kabylia through sensory, melissopalynological and physico-chemical parameters. Thirty samples of honey produced in this region were collected over a period of two years and analyzed. All the samples presented physico-chemical parameters in conformity with legislation on honey quality, with few exceptions, linked mainly to beekeeping management. The pollen spectrum revealed a great diversity with 96 pollen types. The main pollen types were spontaneous species as Fabaceae (Hedysarum, Trifolium, Genisteae plants), Asteraceae plants, Ericaceae (Erica arborea L.) or Myrtus and Pistacia. The sensory properties of samples showed a high tendency to crystallization, the colors were from white to brown, but most of them had gold color. Smell and odor corresponded mainly to vegetal and fruity families and in taste perceptions besides sweetness highlighted sourness and saltiness notes. Seventeen samples were polyfloral, one was from honeydew and twelve were monofloral from heather, genista plants, sulla, blackberry or Asteraceae. Heather and the honeydew samples showed the darkest color, the highest electrical conductivity and phenol and flavonoid content. A statistical analysis based on the most representative pollen types, sensory properties and some physico-chemical components allowed the differentiation of honey samples in terms of botanical origin.

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Annual pollen spectrum in the air of Palma de Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)

Aerobiologia ◽

10.1007/s10453-013-9288-0 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

pp. 385-397 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

M. Boi ◽

L. Llorens

Keyword(s):

Balearic Islands ◽

Pollen Spectrum ◽

Palma De Mallorca

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THE POLLEN SPECTRUM OF THE HONEY OF TETRAGONISCA ANGUSTULA ANGUSTULA LATREILLE (APIDAE, MELIPONINAE)

Apidologie ◽

10.1051/apido:19790305 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 275-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Satoko IWAMA ◽

Therezinha S. MELHEM

Keyword(s):

Pollen Spectrum ◽

Tetragonisca Angustula

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Using palynological evidence from royal jelly to mediate the spread of Paenibacillus larvae in Brazil

Hoehnea ◽

10.1590/2236-8906-45/2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 512-539 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz ◽

Lubiane Guimarães-Cestaro ◽

José Eduardo Serrão ◽

Dejair Message ◽

Marta Fonseca Martins ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Royal Jelly ◽

Pollen Grains ◽

Paenibacillus Larvae ◽

Inspection System ◽

American Foulbrood ◽

Pollen Spectrum ◽

Paulo State ◽

Total Percentage ◽

Brazilian Legislation ◽

American Foulbrood Disease

ABSTRACT Royal jelly may contain pollen grains and their presence can be used to determine the phytogeographical origin of the product. This study analyzed the phytogeographical origin of commercial royal jelly samples from São Paulo State, tested as part of the Brazilian Federal Inspection System (SIF), found to be contaminated with spores of the bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, that causes the American Foulbrood Disease. The pollen grains of Castanea had the highest total percentage, with lower percentages of Cirsium/Carduus, Cistus, Parthenocissus, Prunus, Quercus, Robinia, Scrophulariaceae, Taraxacum, Tilia, among others. This pollen spectrum is incompatible with royal jelly samples produced in Brazil. The pollen spectrum resembled that of an imported product, compatible with the Northern Hemisphere origin. Brazilian legislation does not require the phytogeographic origin of imported bee products to be analyzed by palynological procedures, but it is mandatory to have a certificate issued by the country of origin attesting the absence of pathogens, monitored with the objective of preventing the exotic diseases from entering Brazil. Palynology, therefore, proved to be fundamental in detecting imports of this contaminated batches.

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Quality Assessment of Goldenrod, Milkweed and Multifloral Honeys Based on Botanical Origin, Antioxidant Capacity and Mineral Content

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms23020769 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 769

Author(s):

Marianna Kocsis ◽

Alexandra Bodó ◽

Tamás Kőszegi ◽

Rita Csepregi ◽

Rita Filep ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Antioxidant Capacity ◽

Mineral Content ◽

Principal Component ◽

Pollen Spectrum ◽

Botanical Origin ◽

Multivariate Statistical ◽

Zn Content ◽

Five Elements ◽

Multifloral Honey ◽

Melissopalynological Analysis

The goal of the study was to evaluate the pollen spectrum, antioxidant capacity and mineral content of four Hungarian honey types, using multivariate statistical analysis. The light colored honeys were represented by milkweed honey and a multifloral (MF) honey with dominant pollen frequency of linden (MF-Tilia); the darker ones were goldenrod honey and a multifloral honey with Lamiaceae pollen majority (MF-Lamiaceae). The pollen spectrum of the samples was established with melissopalynological analysis. The absorbance of the honeys positively correlated with the antioxidant capacity determined with three of the used methods (TRC, TEAC, DPPH), but not with ORAC. The latter method correlated negatively also with other antioxidant methods and with most of the mineral values. MF-Tilia had high ORAC value, K and Na content. The MF-Lamiaceae had the highest K, Mg, P, S, Cu and Zn content, the last five elements showing strict correlation with the TRC method. The darker goldenrod honey had higher SET values and total mineral content, than the milkweed honey. The above character-sets facilitate identification of each honey type and serve as indicators of variety. The antioxidant levels and mineral content of honeys allowed their clear separation by principal component analysis (PCA).

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HOLOCENE PALEOECOLOGY OF WESTCENTRAL CANADA: A LATE-GLACIAL DEPOSIT FROM THE MISSOURI COTEAU

Canadian Journal of Botany ◽

10.1139/b64-063 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 677-692 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

J. C. Ritchie ◽

Bernard de Vries

Keyword(s):

Great Plains ◽

Late Glacial ◽

Pollen Spectrum ◽

Pollen Diagram ◽

Glacial Deposit ◽

Carbon 14 ◽

Missouri Coteau ◽

Plant Assemblages ◽

Mixed Prairie ◽

Artemisia Pollen

A buried deposit of limnic sediment was excavated from a site on the Missouri Coteau of Saskatchewan, within the Mixed Prairie section of the Great Plains. Carbon-14 determinations indicate that the section is late-glacial, possibly deposited during an interstadial terminated by the Condie (= Valders?) re-advance. On the basis of the records of about 60 taxa of Tracheophyta and a pollen diagram, the section is characterized by lower, middle, and upper plant assemblages. It is suggested that the lower and upper assemblages, distinguished mainly by a Picea – Shepherdia canadensis – Salix – Artemisia pollen spectrum, indicate the prevalence on mesic sites of a spruce forest. The middle assemblage, having an array of macrofossils and a few microfossils of temperate geographical affinity and a pollen spectrum suggesting relatively less spruce and (or) more herbaceous vegetation, is interpreted in terms of a mixed spruce–poplar forest on mesic sites with shrub and grassland communities on the more xeric habitats. This tripartite division of the section in terms of ecologically concordant plant assemblages suggests an amelioration of environment followed by a deterioration which was probably correlative with the Condie re-advance.

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