Mineral content in Africanized honey bees Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera:Apidae) honey samples from some municipalities of the State of Ceara, Brazil

Authors

  • Geni da Silva Sodré Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Piracicaba, SP
  • Luís Carlos Marchini Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Departamento de Entomologia, Fitopatologia e Zoologia Agrícola, Piracicaba, SP
  • Orgeda Luiza Araújo Domingues Zucchi Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Departamento de Física e Química, Ribeirão Preto, SP
  • Virgílio F. Nascimento Filho Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura, Laboratório de Instrumentação Nuclear, Piracicaba, SP
  • Augusta Carolina de Camargo Carmello Moreti Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Zootecnia Diversificada, Nova Odessa, SP
  • Ivani Pozar Otsuk Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios, Instituto de Zootecnia, Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Genética e Reprodução Animal, Nova Odessa, SP

Keywords:

Apis mellifera, Ceara, honey, mineral content

Abstract

Brazil has as important place among honey producing countries, since it is suitable for apiculture in terms of the flowers. In State of Ceará, Northeast region of Brazil, despite of floral diversity and potential for apicultural exploration, few information exists on the presence of chemical elements in honey. The objective of this research was to verify the mineral content in honey samples produced in Ceara, NE, Brazil (Araripe: 1 sample; Santana do Cariri: 1 sample; Assare: 1 sample; Iguatu: 8 samples; Crato: 4 samples; Missão Velha: 2 samples and Pacajus: 3 samples). The samples were collected directly by the beekeepers and were analyzed at the €œLaboratório de Apicultura€ at ESALQ (Escola Superior de Agricultura €œLuiz de Queiroz€) and €œLaboratório de Instrumentação Nuclear€ at CENA (Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura) / €œUniversidade de São Paulo€, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. The mineral content was determined by using the total reflection X-ray fluorescence. The result mean of three replication were: K (313.162± 102.85), Ca (33.598±24.497), Ti (0.282±0.184), Cr (0.242±0.11), Mn (1.357±0.4611), Fe (2.939±1.208), Co (0.071), Ni (0.060±0.029), Cu (0.265±0.068), Zn (16.59±30.53), Se (0.054), Br (0.348±0.21), Rb (0.998±0.299), Sr (0.652±0.627), Ba (2.041), Hg (0.518) and Pb (not detected) μg.g -1.

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Published

2013-11-28

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ANIMAL QUALITY PRODUCTS

How to Cite

Mineral content in Africanized honey bees Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera:Apidae) honey samples from some municipalities of the State of Ceara, Brazil. (2013). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 62(1), 09-18. http://35.198.24.243/index.php/bia/article/view/1320

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