Department of Life Science, School of Basic Sciences, Arni University, Kangra - 176 401, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author’s present address : Department of Biosciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla - 171 005, Himachal Pradesh, India, E-mail: drkumar83@rediffmail.com
Online Published on 08 April, 2022.
The result obtained for various quality parameters are: pH (4.13 ± 0.02 and 4.21 ± 0.05), Moisture content (9.87 ± 0.13% and 7.5 ± 0.29%), Ash (0.20 ± 0.00% and 0.17 ± 0.03%), Electrical conductivity (300 and 200 ps), Acidity (0.08 ± 0.006 and 0.09 ± 0.003), Specific gravity (1.44 ± 0.003% and 1.45 ± 0.003%), Viscosity (5148 ± 1.76 cP and 5158.84 ± 2.70 cP), Total dissolved solids (90.13 ± 0.13% and 92.47 ± 0.29%), Pollen Count (23333.33 ± 2403.70 and 33566.67 ± 1713.99 pollen/g of honey), HMF (0.031 ± 0.0006 and 0.055 ± 0.005 mg/ kg), Reducing sugars (79.51 ± 1.05 and 72.91 ± 1.50%), Total sugars (82.17 ± 1.00 and 74.86 ± 0.40%) and non-reducing sugar (2.66 ± 0.25 and 2.95 ± 0.54%). Physico-chemical analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in the quality of honey. Confirming that the quality of honey does not get deteriorated on feeding artificial diets and thereby does not affect the national as well as international standards.
Artificial diet, Honey, Honeybee, Physicochemical, Post-feeding, Pre-feeding
