NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF SEASONAL POLLENS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HONEY PRODUCED BY VARIOUS APIS SPECIES
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Carbohydrates, fructose, honey, pollens
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The current study was conducted at selected sites of Punjab, Pakistan. These sites were Lahore, Kasur and Okara. Available pollens were harvested during spring and summer seasons and 5 honey samples from the natural hives and farms were collected. The proximate constituents like moisture, ash, carbohydrate, protein, dietary fiber and fat were analyzed by (AOAC). Moisture content of natural honey samples of Apis florea and Apis dorsata were 12.10±0.93% and 7.50±0.66% while in farmed honey of Apis mellifera was 14.40±0.69%. Ash and protein contents of natural honey samples of A.florea and A.dorsata were 1.40±0.26%, 6.28±0.31%, 1.27±0.17% and 5.44±0.39% while in farmed honey samples of A.mellifera was 0.32±0.08 and 4.94±0.27%. Fat and fiber contents of natural honey samples from A.florea and A.dorsata were 0.69±0.02%, 3.40±0.12%, 0.30±0.06% and 1.83±0.13% while the fat and fiber contents from farmed honey sample of A.mellifera were 0.14±0.03% and 1.84±0.09%. Carbohydrate contents of natural honey samples of A.dorsata and A.florea were 57.02±0.37% and 53.06±0.30% while the farmed honey sample of A.mellifera was 62.06±1.30%. In the same way, glucose and fructose contents of natural honey samples from A.dorsata and A.florea were 23.73±0.22%, 30.75±0.17%, 20.55±0.51% and 25.63±0.43% while in farmed honey samples of A.mellifera were 26.52±0.43% and 33.65±0.56%. Sucrose and maltose contents from natural honey samples of A.dorsata and A.florea were 1.65±0.05%, 8.9±0.25%, 0.99±0.14% and 6.66±0.41% and farmed honey samples from A.mellifera were 2.30±0.21 and 11.76±0.46%. The main sugar components of honey and pollen samples were measured through HPLC.
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Memoona Yasmeen
Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Arshad javid
Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Shahzad Ali
Department of Wildlife & Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Shahid Mehmood
Department of Poultry Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Ali Ahmed Sheikh
Institute of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan