Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Meliponini....Pages 3-17
Historical Biogeography of the Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) of the Neotropical Region....Pages 19-34
Australian Stingless Bees....Pages 35-72
Stingless Bees from Venezuela....Pages 73-86
Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana....Pages 87-97
Stingless Bees of Guatemala....Pages 99-111
Stingless Bees of Costa Rica....Pages 113-124
Stingless Bees in Argentina....Pages 125-134
Mexican Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Diversity, Distribution, and Indigenous Knowledge....Pages 135-152
The Role of Useful Microorganisms to Stingless Bees and Stingless Beekeeping....Pages 153-171
Microorganisms Associated with Stingless Bees....Pages 173-186
Stingless Bee Food Location Communication: From the Flowers to the Honey Pots....Pages 187-199
On the Diversity of Foraging-Related Traits in Stingless Bees....Pages 201-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Stingless Bees: A Historical Perspective....Pages 219-227
Medicinal Uses of Melipona beecheii Honey, by the Ancient Maya....Pages 229-240
Staden’s First Report in 1557 on the Collection of Stingless Bee Honey by Indians in Brazil....Pages 241-246
Melipona Bees in the Scientific World: Western Cultural Views....Pages 247-259
Taxonomy as a Tool for Conservation of African Stingless Bees and Their Honey....Pages 261-268
Effects of Human Disturbance and Habitat Fragmentation on Stingless Bees....Pages 269-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Palynology Serving the Stingless Bees....Pages 285-294
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
How to Be a Bee-Botanist Using Pollen Spectra....Pages 295-314
Important Bee Plants for African and Other Stingless Bees....Pages 315-335
Botanical Origin of Pot-Honey from Tetragonisca angustula Latreille in Colombia....Pages 337-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Sensory Evaluation of Stingless Bee Pot-Honey....Pages 349-361
 Melipona favosa Pot-Honey from Venezuela....Pages 363-373
 Tetragonisca angustula Pot-Honey Compared to Apis mellifera Honey from Brazil....Pages 375-382
Honey of Colombian Stingless Bees: Nutritional Characteristics and Physicochemical Quality Indicators....Pages 383-394
The Pot-Honey of Guatemalan Bees....Pages 395-408
Pot-Honey of Six Meliponines from Amboró National Park, Bolivia....Pages 409-416
An Electronic Nose and Physicochemical Analysis to Differentiate Colombian Stingless Bee Pot-Honey....Pages 417-427
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance as a Method to Predict the Geographical and Entomological Origin of Pot-Honey....Pages 429-445
Nonaromatic Organic Acids of Honeys....Pages 447-458
Front Matter....Pages 459-459
Flavonoids in Stingless-Bee and Honey-Bee Honeys....Pages 461-474
Antioxidant Activity of Pot-Honey....Pages 475-480
Use of Honey in Cancer Prevention and Therapy....Pages 481-493
Bioactivity of Honey and Propolis of Tetragonula laeviceps in Thailand....Pages 495-505
Costa Rican Pot-Honey: Its Medicinal Use and Antibacterial Effect....Pages 507-512
Immunological Properties of Bee Products....Pages 513-523
Chemical Properties of Propolis Collected by Stingless Bees....Pages 525-537
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
Production and Marketing of Pot-Honey....Pages 541-556
Back Matter....Pages 557-654