Department of Botany, Nagaland University, Lumami, P.O. Box No. 53, Mokokchung-798 601, Nagaland.
Melissopalynological analysis of honey samples collected during winter and autumn months from the bee hives of Apis indica kept at various localities in Kupza village of Mokokchung district have been investigated. The winter honey samples collected during the months of January and February exhibit pollen grains of 85 genera belonging to 45 families of dicot angiosperms, 5 families of monocot angiosperms and two families of conifers (gymnosperms), whereas the autumn (August-September) honey samples collected from Kubza village contained pollen grains of 37 genera belonging to 23 families of dicots and 3 families of monocot angiosperms. The gymnospermous pollen grains were absent in autumn samples of Kupza village. This quantitative variation in the presence of pollen grains during winter and autumn months has been attributed to the diversity of flowering plants and their periods of anthesis in and around the Kupza village of mokokchung district, Nagaland.
Melissopalynology, Asteraceous honey, multifloraI honey
