Venezuelan stingless bee honeys characterized by multivariate analysis of physicochemical properties

Apidologie

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 377-389

  Vit, Patricia ^a   Oddo, Livia Persano ^b   Marano, Maria Luisa ^b   De Mejias, Eddy Salas ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Sezione Apicoltura   (Italy)

^c Instituto Nacional de Higiene Rafael Rangel   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Honey; Multivariate analysis; Physicochemical properties; Stingless bees; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

HONEY;

BEE; CLASSIFICATION; HONEY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HONEYBEE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; VENEZUELA; ZOOLOGY;

VENEZUELA;

APIDAE;

EID: 3643088587     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19980501     Document Type: Article

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