Melissopalynological analysis of honey produced by two species of stingless bees in Lombok Island, Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract. Jayadi LZ, Susandarini R. 2020. Melissopalynological analysis of honey produced by two species of stingless bees in Lombok Island, Indonesia. Nusantara Bioscience 12: 97-108. Honey is a natural product with a variety of benefits that commonly used as food sweeteners, health supplements, and traditional medicine. There has been no comprehensive publication regarding the diversity of pollen contained in honey produced by stingless bee Tetragonula laeviceps and Heterotrogona itama from Lombok. This study aimed to reveal the diversity of pollen content in honey through melissopalynological analysis of honey samples produced by two species of stingless bees T. laeviceps and H. itama in Lombok Island. This melissopalynological study was performed on honey samples obtained from nine villages from nine sub-districts representing the three districts on Lombok Island. Pollen extraction from honey was carried out using standard methods for melissopalynological analysis. The diversity of pollen recovered from honey varied from 15 to 41 pollen types. Total number of plant species whose pollen was recovered from honey samples was 127 which consisted of 61 families. The occurrence of predominant pollen type in particular unifloral honey samples indicated their botanical origin and presumed geographical origin of honey. Results of this study are useful in confirming botanical origin of honey and generating information on plants potential as food source for sustainable beekeeping in Lombok Island.

Identification of pollen as afood resource for honey bees (Apis binghami) in the village of Bonto Manurung, District of Tompobulu, Regency of Maros

“…Melissopalynology is a method used to identify bee food sources through pollen identification in bee bread and pollen contaminants in honey. The pollen forms align with the findings of studies by [17]; [18]; [19].…”

Keragaman Serbuk Sari Pada Tumbuhan Legum di Kampus IPB, Dramaga, Bogor

“…Bukti palinologi dapat digunakan untuk menggambarkan keragaman tumbuhan yang saat ini masih hidup, seperti menganalisis kandungan serbuk sari pada madu. Keanekaragaman serbuk sari yang terkandung dalam madu dapat memberikan gambaran sumber tumbuhan yang dikunjungi oleh lebah polinator (Jayadi & Susandarini, 2020). Bukti palinologi juga dapat menggambarkan tumbuhan yang hidup di masa lampau, misalnya analisis fosil serbuk sari yang terakumulasi dalam batuan sedimen dapat digunakan untuk memprediksikan umur batuan dan kondisi lingkungan serta vegetasinya di masa lampau (Erdtman, 1952).…”

The effect of processing and storage on Klanceng honey (Tetragonula laeviceps)

“…Tetragonula laeviceps honey is very important in Indonesia beekeepers meliponiculture this bee a lot, so there is plenty of research related to this honey. The research includes: (i) bee feed sources (Nugroho & Soesilohadi, 2014;Zulkan Jayadi & Susandarini, 2020), (ii) honey function as antibacterial (Al-kafaween et al, 2020;Al Kafaween et al, 2019), (iii) honey function as an antioxidant (Ng et al, 2017;Oddo et al, 2008), (iv) honey nutritional content (Fatima et al, 2018;Syam et al, 2016), (v) effect processing (Agussalim et al, 2017). (vi) the physisochemical quality for Klanceng honey (Agus et al, 2019;Sabir et al, 2021).…”