QUANTITATIVE POLLEN ANALYSIS OF BEE HONEY AT CERTAIN APIARIES IN QALYUBIA GOVERNORATE AND AVAILABLE HONEY IN LOCAL MARKET, EGYPT | ||||
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
Article 23, Volume 26, Issue 1, March 2018, Page 303-311 PDF (516.28 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2018.14009 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Mai M. Hassanien* ; M. E. M. El- Sherif; A. A.A.A. Salem; M. A.M. Ali | ||||
Plant Protection Dept., Fac., of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A new proposal method for quantitative pollen analysis of pollen grains in each gram of bee honey was described, using aNeubauer improved chamber for leucocytes and erythrocytes counting. The study was conducted at the Bee Research Unit, Dept. of plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra El-kheimah, Al Qalyubia, Egypt on 36 samples of citrus and clover honeys. 18 samples were collected from 5 apiaries under study in Qalyubia Governorate; Kanater, Shalakan, Tookh, Khankah and Shoubra El kheimah and 18 samples were collected from local market in 5 Governorates in Egypt; Cairo, Giza, Qalyubia, Gharbia and Sharqia, during their seasons of production in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The results showed that 2.8 % of the samples were poor in their content of pollen grains (2000-10000 pollen grains /g honey), 77.8 % of the samples were rich in their content of pollen grains (10000-50000 pollen grains /g honey), 11.1% of the samples were more rich in their content of pollen grain (50000 -100000 pollen grains /g honey) and 8.3% of the samples were very rich in their content of pollen grain (>100000 pollen grains /g honey). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
bee honey; Pollen analysis; Quantitative pollen analysis | ||||
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