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- Title
ARI POLENİ VE ARI EKMEĞİ.
- Authors
SİLİCİ, Sibel
- Abstract
Pollen and nectar are essential components of honeybee, Apis mellifera L., diet. Nectar provides carbohydrates for honeybee, while pollen supplies protein, lipid, and vitamins. Pollen collected by foraging worker bees is combined with honeybee secretions. After loading to the pollen basket (corbicula) pollen is covered with a thin layer of honey and wax to avoid deterioration. However, over time, this mixture undergoes a set of biochemical changes caused by different enzymes, microorganisms, moisture and temperature. This chemically modified pollen is called as beebread. Chemical composition of beebread is different from collected pollen. Beebread has higher contents of vitamin K, reduced sugar and digesting enzymes of microorganisms than the corresponding plant pollen. Current literature suggest that pollen and beebread are a good source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) that are essential for human nutrition and cannot be synthesized by the body. However, in particular, scientific research exploring various properties of beebread is scarce and additional research into this topic is highly required.
- Publication
Uludag Bee Journal, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 2, p99
- ISSN
1303-0248
- Publication type
Article