Data/hora: 09/06/2024 15:37:31

Provedor de dados: 	65	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Physicochemical characteristics of pollen collected by Amazonian stingless bees	
Autores: 	Rebelo,Kemilla Sarmento; Ferreira,Antônio Gilberto; Carvalho-Zilse,Gislene Almeida.	
Data: 	2016-05-01	
Ano: 	2016	
Palavras-chave: 	Amazon; Meliponinae; Percent composition; Bee bread.	
Resumo: 	ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to determine the physicochemical characteristics of pollen collected by the Amazonian stingless bees Melipona seminigra and Melipona interrupta , in order to verify whether their characteristics meet the physicochemical requirements established by the Brazilian Technical Regulation for Identity and Quality of Bee Pollen. Physicochemical analyses were performed through official analytical methods. Results of pollen analyses collected by  M. seminigra and M. interrupta were respectively as follows: moisture: 53.39 and 37.12%; protein: 37.63 and 24.00%; lipids: 10.81 and 6.47%; ash: 4.03 and 2.74%; crude fiber: 9.30 and 13.65%; carbohydrates: 25.66 and 44.27%; energy: 350.47 and 331.33kcal%; pH: 3.70 and 3.34; total solids: 46.60 and 62.87%, and water activity: 0.91 and 0.85. The percentages of moisture and pH in pollen collected by both studied bees are not in agreement with the Technical Regulation for bee pollen. Since some characteristics, which are inherent to the Melipona pollen, were not in conform to the current Regulation, we recommend that further studies should be conducted to better characterize it, and correct the Regulation, if necessary.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000500927	
Editor: 	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	
Relação: 	10.1590/0103-8478cr20150999	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Ciência Rural  v.46 n.5 2016	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess