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Pot-honey of six meliponines from amboró National Park, Bolivia

Abstract:

A meliponiculture project in Amboró National Park, Southeast Bolivia, uses six species of stingless bees: erereú choca Melipona brachychaeta, erereú barcina Melipona grandis, obobosí Scaptotrigona depilis, suro negro Scaptotrigona polysticta, suro choco Scaptotrigona near to xanthotricha, and señorita Tetragonisca fiebrigi. The annual yield of stingless bee products (honey, pollen, propolis) is provided here. We also studied the pot honey produced by these species, chemistry (moisture, ash, pH, free acidity, reducing sugars, sucrose), mineral contents (Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, P, Zn), microbes (mesophilic bacteria, molds, yeasts), human sensory responses to selected components, and networking needed for marketing considerations.