1Department of Oil Seeds, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003 (T.N.), India
2Department of Food Process Engineering, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, (T.N.), India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003 (T.N.), India
Online published on 4 September, 2020.
The parameters like pH, electrical conductivity, moisture content and Fiehe's test have been analysed in all the honey samples. The pH of stingless bee honey ranged from 3.7±0.00 to 5.92±0.02 whereas the pH of honey bee honey samples ranged from 3.00±0.02 to 4.67±0.02. The electrical conductivity (mS/cm) of stingless bee honey was 0.94±0.01 to 2.51±0.06 and honey from Apis sp. ranged between 0.16±0.00 to 1.08±0.00. The moisture content (%) of stingless bee honey was 15.0±0.06 to 30.0±0.06 whereas the Apis honey had moisture content from 18.10±0.15 to 40.30±0.20. The Fiehe's test conducted revealed that four samples of stingless bee honey including a sample from Nagaland showed positiveness to hydroxymethyl furfural content (HMF) and the remaining honey showed negative result to HMF content. Generally, the honey quality parameters depend on the floral resources.
Apis, Physicochemical properties, Stingless bees
