The limitations of the methods of identifying the floral source of honeys

Molan, Peter C.

doi:10.1080/0005772x.1998.11099381

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“…La miel contiene polen transportado por las abejas desde las plantas visitadas y por ello, el análisis de la composición polínica de la miel es útil para determinar su origen botánico y geográfico (Molan 1998, Corvucci et al 2015. La determinación del contenido polínico de la miel (melisopalinología) es el método estándar utilizado para identificar su origen botánico y geográfico (Maurizio 1975, Louveaux et al 1978, Soria et al 2004, Corvucci et al 2015.…”

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“…La determinación del contenido polínico de la miel (melisopalinología) es el método estándar utilizado para identificar su origen botánico y geográfico (Maurizio 1975, Louveaux et al 1978, Soria et al 2004, Corvucci et al 2015. La mayor dificultad para aplicar esta técnica es que requiere el conocimiento previo de la morfología de los granos de polen para obtener resultados consistentes; por otra parte, debe tenerse en cuenta la presencia de polen contaminante proveniente de plantas anemófilas (Molan 1998). No obstante, se considera el método más exacto para determinar el origen botánico y geográfico de la miel (Sajwani et al 2007, Sahinler et al 2009, Arone & De Micco 2010.…”

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Espectro polínico y análisis fisicoquímico de mieles de la Región del Biobío, Chile

Navarrete¹,

Muñoz-Olivera²,

Wells³

et al. 2016

Gayana Bot.

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Espectro polínico y análisis fisicoquímico de mieles de la Región del Biobío, Chile

Navarrete¹,

Muñoz-Olivera²,

Wells³

et al. 2016

Gayana Bot.

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“…There are some controversies about the utilization of the pollen which is present in the honey as indication of botanical origin (Molan, 1998), but until the present date, this is the method most utilized for this purpose.…”

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Pollen spectrum of honey of "uruçu" bee (Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811)

Carvalho

Moreti²,

Marchini

et al. 2001

Rev. Bras. Biol.

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In spite of the importance of the "uruçu" bee as honey producer of excellent quality, as well, potential pollinator both in agricultural and natural ecosystems, mainly in North-eastern Brazil, just some information is found in literature about sources that such bees utilize to collect nectar and pollen. The identification of the plants visited by Melipona scutellaris was accomplished with base on the analysis of pollen types found in the honey samples collected every two months, from March 1997 to February 1998, in 15 colonies located in Catu, State of Bahia, Brazil (12°21'00"S, 38°22'40"W, 76 m of altitude). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pollen types were carried out determining the percentage and occurrence classes. Twenty-eight pollen types were found, being considered dominant pollen, the Eucalyptus spp. and Psidium sp. types and secondary pollen, Bauhinia sp., Caesalpinia sp. and Mimosa verrucata types. It was verified dominant pollen of Eucalyptus spp. in honeys produced in November/December 1997 and January/February 1998. The families Caesalpiniaceae (14%), Mimosaceae (25%) and Myrtaceae (56%) were the most represented in the pollen spectrum.

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“…In earlier works special attention is ascribed to the classification power of different classification methods (Persano Oddo et al, 1995bAnklam, 1998;Molan, 1998;Bogdanov and Martin, 2002). This review gives a critical evaluation of all physico-chemical methods, which have been used up to the present time for the classification of unifloral honeys.…”

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confidence: 99%