Water content of stingless bee honeys (Apidae, Meliponini): Interspecific variation and comparison with honey of Apis mellifera

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 480-486

  Bijlsma, Lubertus ^a,c   De Bruijn, Luc L M ^b   Martens, Edwin P ^b   Sommeijer, Marinus J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Honey composition; Melipona; Plebeia; Trigona

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; ISLAND; WATER CONTENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD [TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO]; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONA; MELIPONA FAVOSA; MELIPONINAE; PLEBEIA; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA; TRIGONA NIGRA;

EID: 33745904445     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006034     Document Type: Article

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