Pot-Honey : A legacy of stingless bees - Vit, Patricia; Pedro, Silvia R. M.; Roubik, David; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Origin, biodiversity and behavior of the stingless bees (Meliponini) -- 1. The Meliponini -- 2. Historical biogeography of the Meliponini (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) of the Neotropical region -- 3. Australian stingless bees -- 4. Stingless bees from Venezuela -- 5. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) of French Guiana -- 6. Stingless bees of Guatemala -- 7. Stingless bees of Costa Rica -- 8. Stingless bees in Argentina -- 9. Mexican stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Diversity, biogeography, and indigenous knowledge -- 10. The role of useful microorganisms to stingless bees and to stingless bee keeping -- 11. Microorganisms associated with stingless bees -- 12. Stingless bee food location communication: from the flowers to the honey pots -- 13. On competition and the diversity of food-collection strategies in stingless bees -- II. Stingless bees in culture, traditions and environment -- 14. Stingless bees: An historical perspective. 15. Medicinal uses of Melipona beecheii pot-honey, by the ancient Maya -- 16. Hans Staden's first report from 1557 on collection of stingless bee honey by an indigenous tribe in Brazil -- 17. The Melipona bee in the scientific world: Western cultural views -- 18. Taxonomy as a tool for conservation of African stingless bees and their honey -- 19. Effects of human disturbance and habitat fragmentation on stingless bees -- III. What plants are used by the stingless bees? -- 20. Palynology serving the stingless bees -- 21. How to be a bee botanist using pollen spectra -- 22. Plants used by stingless bees for nesting and as floral resources -- 23. Botanical origin of pot-honey Tetragonisca angustula Latreille in Colombia -- IV. Sensory attributes and composition of pot-honey -- 24. Sensory evaluation of pot-honey -- 25. Melipona favosa pot-honey fromVenezuela -- 26. Tetragonisca angustula pot-honey compared to Apis mellifera honey from Brazil -- 27. Honey of Colombian native bees -- 28. The pot-honey of Guatemalan stingless bees -- 29. Pot-honey of six species of Meliponini from Amboró National Park in Bolivia -- 30. Electronic nose and physicochemical analysis to differentiate Colombian pot-honey -- 31. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance as a method for molecular profiling and prediction of geographical and entomological origin of pot-honey -- 32. Non-aromatic organic acids of honeys -- V. Biological properties -- 33. Flavonoids in stingless-bee and honey-bee honeys -- 34. Antioxidant activity of pot-honey -- 35. Use of honey in cancer prevention and therapy -- 36. Bioactivity of honey and propolis from Tetragonula laeviceps in Thailand -- 37. Costa Rican pot- honey: Its medicinal use and antibacterial effect -- 38. Immunological properties of bee products -- 39. Chemical properties of propolis collected by stingless bees -- VI. Marketing and standards of pot-honey -- 40. Production and marketing of pot-honey -- Appendix -- 1. Taxonomic index of bee species -- 2. List of bee taxa -- 3. Common names of stingless bees -- 4. Taxonomic index of plant families -- 5. List of plant taxa used by bees -- 6. Common names of plants used for nesting by stingless bees -- 7. Common names of medicinal plants used with honey by Mayas -- 8. Microorganisms associated to stingless bees or used to test antimicrobial activity -- 9. Summary of meliponine and Apis mellifera honey composition -- 10. Information of collected stingless bees -- Subject list -- Authors list.
Keywords: Ecology .; Entomology; Animal ecology; Food-Biotechnology.; Ecology; Entomology; Animal Ecology; Food Science