Characterization of honey of stingless bees from the Brazilian semi-arid region.

• Autor(a) principal: SANT'ANA, R. da S.
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: CARVALHO, C. A. L. de, ODA-SOUZA, M., SOUZA, B. de A., DIAS, F. de S.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1125702
• topic: Abelha sem ferrão; Ácido carboxílico; Produto de abelha; Abelha; Ácido; Produto; Stingless bees; Carboxylic acids; Animal products

The physicochemical characteristics of honey vary according to bee species, climate, region, period of collection, processing and storage. In this context, this work aimed to perform a comparative study of the physicochemical characteristics of Melipona subnitida and M. fasciculata honey collected at different periods and regions of the State of Piauí, Brazil. Twenty-nine honey samples were collected and evaluated by principal component analysis from physicochemical analysis data. Twenty-two percent of the parameters analyzed differed between species. Evaluating the collection period, the honey of M. subnitida and M. fasciculata presented differences among themselves. The study revealed a similarity between the physicochemical parameters of the honey of the two species of bees, in addition, the time was one of the determining factors in the formation of clusters.