Some Characteristic Properties of  Chestnut and Rhododendron Honeys in Turkey

Mayda, Nazlı; Özkök, Aslı; Sorkun, Kadriye

doi:10.15671/hjbc.2018.223

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“…Pollen diversity was also higher in the Yığılca local honey bee. Mayda et al (2018) investigated chestnut and Rhododendron honeys in Turkey. In their results, six mixed chestnuts and Rhododendron, two monofloral Rhododendron, and ten monofloral chestnuts honeys were identified.…”

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Pollen and Physicochemical Analysis of Honey Samples from Akçakoca and Yığılca District (Western Black Sea)

Gürdal

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2021

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Turkey, with its rich flora and high endemism proportion in a temperate zone, is highly favorable for beekeeping. In the studied area, two honeybees are present: Apis mellifera anatoliaca and the Yığılca local honeybee, which has been determined as local ecotype of anatoliaca in the Black Sea region. The main objective of this study was to determine the botanical sources of honey samples, which are produced by these two honeybees, from Akçakoca and Yığılca district. Chestnut and mad honey samples were obtained from local beekeepers. Pollen types in the honey samples were identified and determined the frequency classes. Castanea sativa was identified as the predominant pollen among the honey samples of Anatolian honeybee; these samples were classified as monofloral honey. Besides, Rhododendron ponticum and Lysimachia verticillaris pollens were found to be the important minor pollens in the mad honey samples of Anatolian honeybee. Mad honey samples from the Yığılca local honeybee were a multifloral honey and included Rhododendron ponticum and five other pollens as important minor pollen. In addition, physicochemical analyses were also performed. The honey samples gathered from the Yığılca district were deemed acceptable. On the other hand, the honey samples from the Akçakoca district were found acceptable except for moisture content. Also, 104 plant specimens were collected around beehives and 54 taxa were reported as melliferous plants. The Sorensen similarity coefficient, calculating among the melliferous plants of two localities (Akçakoca and Yığılca), was 51.85%. Diversity of melliferous plants was also higher in Yığılca than in Akçakoca.

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Pollen and Physicochemical Analysis of Honey Samples from Akçakoca and Yığılca District (Western Black Sea)

Gürdal

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2021

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“…In order to understand whether a honey type is monofloral Rhododendron honey, the presence of Rhododendron spp. in honey should be determined by pollen analysis (Mayda et al, 2018;Özkök et al, 2018;Ecem Bayram et al, 2020). Therefore, morphological examination of Rhododendron spp.…”

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COMPARISON OF POLLEN MORPHOLOGIES EXAMINATION OF SOME Rhododendron SPECIES - PLANT SOURCE OF MAD HONEY

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Bayram

2022

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Honey is one of the important natural products used for apitherapeutic purposes as well as food consumption. The authenticity of the products to be used for apitherapy is very important. Botanical origin is one of the most critical factors affecting the characterization of bee products, especially honey. Therefore, melissopalynological analysis is essential in honey samples. In this study, the pollen morphologies of four different Rhododendron taxa, the origin of the monofloral "Mad honey" used for apitherapeutic purposes in Turkey, were examined. Five different measurement parameters have been used to investigate the pollen morphology of the plants. As a result, it can be said that pollen morphology has an important place in confirming the botanical origin of "Mad honey".

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“…If a pollen type was observed more than 45% in a honey sample, this honey sample was classified as monofloral flower honey. Although this classification is a generalization, for example, for the classification of chestnut honey as a monofloral honey it must contain 70% to 90% of Castanea sativa pollen [22].…”

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Specifying Some Quality Characteristics of Monofloral and Multifloral Honey Samples

Bayram¹,

Demir²

2018

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B u çalışmada özellikle balın saflığını ve orijinlerini ayırt etme noktasında kullanılan iki önemli yöntem ile farklı orijinlerden bal örneklerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla Türkiye'nin dört farklı bölgesinden (Erzurum, Giresun, Hakkari, Rize) elde edilen bal örneklerinin prolin analizi ve melissopalinolojik analizleri gerçekleştirilmiştir. Örneklerin melissopalinolojik analizleri ışık mikroskobu aracılığıyla yapılmıştır. Prolin analizleri ise, spektrofometrik yöntem kullanılarak yürütülmüştür. Melissopalinolojik analizler sonucunda monofloral ve multifloral çiçek balı örneklerine rastlanılmıştır. Bal örneklerinin prolin oranları 503.46 mg/kg-696.09 mg/ kg arasında değişkenlik göstermiştir. Sonuç olarak, melissopalinolojik analizler neticesinde kestane balı olduğu tespit edilen bal örneklerinin prolin içeriğinin genellikle daha düşük olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Anahtar KelimelerBal, melissopalinolojik analiz, polen, prolin, arı ürünü.

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Some Characteristic Properties of Chestnut and Rhododendron Honeys in Turkey

Cited by 11 publications

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Pollen and Physicochemical Analysis of Honey Samples from Akçakoca and Yığılca District (Western Black Sea)

Pollen and Physicochemical Analysis of Honey Samples from Akçakoca and Yığılca District (Western Black Sea)

COMPARISON OF POLLEN MORPHOLOGIES EXAMINATION OF SOME Rhododendron SPECIES - PLANT SOURCE OF MAD HONEY

Specifying Some Quality Characteristics of Monofloral and Multifloral Honey Samples

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