Stingless bee honey: a precious but unregulated product - reality and expectations

Braghini, Francieli; Biluca, Fabíola Carina; Schulz, Mayara; Gonzaga, Luciano Valdomiro; Costa, Ana C. O.; Fett, Roseane

doi:10.1080/87559129.2021.1884875

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“…Studies with stingless bee honey characterization show that there is still no consensus among researchers on how to stipulate a standard, with its reference value ranges (Braghini et al, 2021) and exactly the lack of more comprehensive data allows that recognition of possible fraud and adulteration to become more difficult to be implemented (Omar et al, 2016). In Research, Society and Development, v. 11, n. 6, e25411628996, 2022 (CC BY 4.0) | ISSN 2525-3409 | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i6.28996 addition, there is a mismatch between researchers and legislators (Hipólito et al, 2021), so it is necessary to create a proposal to mitigate this issue in Brazil.…”

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“…However, despite its potential, meliponiculture is still an undervalued activity (Jaffé et al, 2015). The absence of a more comprehensive legislation that regulates production and marketing is one of the limiting factors for the practice to expand (Braghini et al, 2021;Koser et al, 2020). Most studies do not consider the different geographic locations and vegetation characteristics as determinant factors in honeys physicochemical features (Maringgal et al, 2019;Shamsudin et al, 2019a;Wong et al, 2019).…”

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“…The physical-chemical analyses for stingless bee honey involve the verification of maturity, related to reducing sugars, moisture and apparent sucrose; deterioration, where free acidity, diastase activity and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural are tested, and purity analysis, where the contents of pollen, ash, minerals and water-insoluble solids are checked (Ávila et al, 2018a). When compared with honey from the Apis mellifera bee, they are characterized by having higher moisture content, acidity, ash and 5-hydromethylfurfural and lower total sugars levels (Biluca et al, 2016;Braghini et al, 2021;Chuttong et al, 2016).…”

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Stingless bees honeys': physical-chemical characterization, difficulties and challenges

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Francoy

2022

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Stingless bees form a group of eusocial bees belonging to the tribe Meliponini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) and are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the planet. Brazil, the main territory regarding stingless bees’ diversity, has a large variety of phytogeographic regions that can influence the physical-chemical properties of the honey. Currently, the country does not have a legislation that represents its territorial reality as a whole, making the parameters unattainable for producers to market stingless bees’ honey. In addition to its economic importance for producers, this product has sensory characteristics that are different from those produced by Apis mellifera, making it a product with high added value. Additionally, honey production is a sustainable practice and increases bee conservation, which, in general, are mainly threatened by human interference. Thus, the objective of this work was to analyze the scientific productions published in consolidated databases to understand how bees deal with different environmental and geographic conditions and how this reflects on honey characteristics, in addition, to generate data to prepare a proposal to standardize and market the honey. For this, the StART software was used, with the elaboration of a systematic review protocol. A total of 93 articles were listed in the initial search in the Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar databases and after the selection and execution process, 50 articles were selected. In the summarization phase, it was observed that there is still no consensus among researchers on how to stipulate a standard and reference ranges for the analyses.

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“…Stingless bee honey is a product obtained from plant nectar and exudate or from the excretion of plant-sucking insects. As the popular name suggests, stingless bees are so-called as they do not have a sting unlike the Apis mellifera bees, which produce traditional honey and are recognized worldwide [ 28 , 29 ]. These bees are divided into two tribes.…”

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A Review on Recent Progress of Stingless Bee Honey and Its Hydrogel-Based Compound for Wound Care Management

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Stingless bee honey has a distinctive flavor and sour taste compared to Apis mellifera honey. Currently, interest in farming stingless bees is growing among rural residents to meet the high demand for raw honey and honey-based products. Several studies on stingless bee honey have revealed various therapeutic properties for wound healing applications. These include antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and moisturizing properties related to wound healing. The development of stingless bee honey for wound healing applications, such as incorporation into hydrogels, has attracted researchers worldwide. As a result, the effectiveness of stingless bee honey against wound infections can be improved in the future to optimize healing rates. This paper reviewed the physicochemical and therapeutic properties of stingless bee honey and its efficacy in treating wound infection, as well as the incorporation of stingless bee honey into hydrogels for optimized wound dressing.

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“…According to the Codex Standard definition, honey is produced only by honey bees, and is described as “Honey consists essentially of different sugars predominantly glucose and fructose…” (CODEX STAN, 1987), and water. A precious but unregulated product (Braghini et al, 2021) with a first National norm for kelulut –all stingless bees in Malaysia (Department of Standards Malaysia, 2017) and the second from Argentina for ‘Yateí’ bees Tetragonisca fiebrigi (Secretaría de Regulación y Gestión Sanitaria y Secretaría de Alimentos y Bioeconomía, 2019).…”

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Impact of genus (Geotrigona,Melipona,Scaptotrigona) in the¹H-NMR organic profile and authenticity test of honey processed in cerumen pots by stingless bees in Ecuador

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The biodiversity of Ecuadorian stingless bees is almost 200 species. Traditional pot-honey harvest in Ecuador is mostly done from nests of the three genera selected here Geotrigona Moure, 1942, Melipona, Illiger, 1806 and Scaptotrigona, Moure 1943. The 20 pot-honey samples collected from cerumen pots and three ethnic honeys “abeja de tierra”, “bermejo”, and “cushillomishki” were analyzed for qualitative and quantitative 1H-NMR honey profiling and for the Honey Authenticity Test by Interphase Emulsion (HATIE). Extensive data of targeted organic compounds (41 parameters) was identified, quantified and described. The three honey types were compared by ANOVA. Amino acids, ethanol, hydroxymethylfurfural, aliphatic organic acids, sugars, and markers of botanical or entomological origin. The number of phases observed with the HATIE was one in Scaptotrigona and three in Geotrigona and Melipona honeys. Acetic acid (19.60 ± 1.45 g/kg) and lactic acid (24.30 ± 1.65 g/kg) were particularly high in Geotrigona honey (in contrast to 1.3 g/kg acetic acid and 1.6 g/kg lactic acid in Melipona and Scaptotrigona), with the lowest fructose + glucose (18.39 ± 1.68) g/100g honey compared to Melipona (52.87 ± 1.75) and Scaptotrigona (52.17 ± 0.60). Three local honeys were tested using PCA (Principal Component Analysis), two were assigned with a correct declared bee origin, but “bermejo” was not a Melipona and grouped with the Scaptotrigona cluster. However, after HCA (Hierarchical Cluster Analysis), the three kinds of honey were positioned in the Melipona-Scaptotrigona cluster. This research supports the targeted NMR-based profiling in pot-honey metabolomics approach for multi-parameter visualization of organic compounds, descriptive and pertained multivariate statistics (Hierarchical Cluster Analysis HCA, and Principal Component Analysis PCA) to discriminate the stingless bee genus in a set of Geotrigona, Melipona and Scaptotrigona honey types. The NMR characterization of Ecuadorian honey produced by stingless bees is a contribution to the needed regulatory norms. A final note on searching stingless bee markers in pot-honey metabolites that may become nutritional trait candidates for phylogeny. Scaptotrigona honey revealed biosurfactant activity in the HATIE, originating a fingerprint Honey Biosurfactant Test (HBT) for the genus in this set of pot-honeys.

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Stingless bee honey: a precious but unregulated product - reality and expectations

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Stingless bees honeys': physical-chemical characterization, difficulties and challenges

Stingless bees honeys': physical-chemical characterization, difficulties and challenges

A Review on Recent Progress of Stingless Bee Honey and Its Hydrogel-Based Compound for Wound Care Management

Impact of genus (Geotrigona,Melipona,Scaptotrigona) in the¹H-NMR organic profile and authenticity test of honey processed in cerumen pots by stingless bees in Ecuador

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Stingless bee honey: a precious but unregulated product - reality and expectations

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Stingless bees honeys': physical-chemical characterization, difficulties and challenges

Stingless bees honeys': physical-chemical characterization, difficulties and challenges

A Review on Recent Progress of Stingless Bee Honey and Its Hydrogel-Based Compound for Wound Care Management

Impact of genus (Geotrigona,Melipona,Scaptotrigona) in the1H-NMR organic profile and authenticity test of honey processed in cerumen pots by stingless bees in Ecuador

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Impact of genus (Geotrigona,Melipona,Scaptotrigona) in the¹H-NMR organic profile and authenticity test of honey processed in cerumen pots by stingless bees in Ecuador