ABSTRACT Melissopalynological studies are useful to determine the floral contents and geographical origin of honey samples. The great botanical diversity in the Amazon allows bees to produce honey that is highly valuable in Peruvian culture. However, pollen analyses and labels that provide information on honey contents are scarce; therefore, people do not know what types of honey they are consuming and paying for, especially when many Amazonian honeys are traditionally referred to as being monofloral honey types with medicinal properties. For this reason, we conducted a melissopalynological study to evaluate the pollen content of 14 honey samples from lowland and highland regions of the Peruvian Amazon. A total of 40 pollen types from 28 families were identified and most of the samples were multifloral. Pollen from Fabaceae, Asteraceae and Citrus were very frequent in the samples while Myrciaria dubia, Trema and Paullinia were frequently found in the samples. Pollen from Bombax, Gouania and Mimosa were infrequent within the samples. Pollen concentration class values per 10 g of honey varied from very rich to very poor and a low index of similarity in pollen content was observed between the samples, but there was a higher similarity between samples that came from the same region. Most of the identified floral sources in the honey are related to taxa that are traditionally used for medicinal purposes. The bioactive compounds of the nectar of these plants may be producing the ‘healthier’ properties that people associate with Amazonian honeys in Peru. This pollen study provides important information on the floral source preferences of bees and on honey contents, which can be used by traditional beekeepers and the public in general. Melissopalynological analyses are also useful for promoting the production and consumption of high-quality local honeys from the Peruvian Amazon.

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秘鲁亚马逊蜂蜜样品的花粉分析

摘要 Melissopalynological 研究有助于确定蜂蜜样品的花成分和地理来源。亚马逊地区丰富的植物多样性使蜜蜂能够生产在秘鲁文化中非常有价值的蜂蜜。然而，提供蜂蜜含量信息的花粉分析和标签很少。因此，人们不知道他们正在消费和支付什么类型的蜂蜜，尤其是当许多亚马逊蜂蜜传统上被称为具有药用特性的单花蜂蜜类型时。出于这个原因，我们进行了一项蜂花粉研究，以评估来自秘鲁亚马逊低地和高地地区的 14 个蜂蜜样品的花粉含量。共鉴定出 28 个科 40 种花粉，大部分样品为杂花。豆科植物花粉，菊科和柑橘在样品中的含量很高，而在样品中经常发现Myrciaria dubia、Trema和Paullinia。来自 Bombax、Gouania 和 Mimosa 的花粉在样品中很少见。每 10 克蜂蜜的花粉浓度等级值从非常丰富到非常差不等，并且在样品之间观察到花粉含量的相似性指数较低，但来自同一地区的样品之间的相似性较高。蜂蜜中大多数已确定的花卉来源与传统上用于药用的分类群有关。这些植物花蜜的生物活性化合物可能会产生人们与秘鲁亚马逊蜂蜜相关的“更健康”特性。这项花粉研究提供了关于蜜蜂的花源偏好和蜂蜜含量的重要信息，传统养蜂人和一般公众都可以使用。Melissopalynological 分析也有助于促进秘鲁亚马逊地区优质当地蜂蜜的生产和消费。