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This is work was financed supported by the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico do Maranhao (FAPEMA) under Grant [Number: AGRIF-04921/15]; BFSDeS was supported by the FAPEMA fellowship under grant [Number: BATI-00114/15]; GCF was supported by the FAPEMA fellowship under grant [Number: BEX-02227/16]. The Universidade Estadual do Maranhao supported the VTFS research fellowship under Grant [Number: PIBIC/UEMA 09/2016].

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Physicochemical composition and microbiological quality of honey produced from Tiuba, Melipona fasciculata (Apidae, Meliponini) in Brazil

Publicated to:Journal Of Apicultural Research. - 2022-11-01 (), DOI: 10.1080/00218839.2022.2143145

Authors: de Sousa, BFS; Santos, GG; Mesquita, JA; Nascimento, CAD; Freire, GC; Santos, VTF; Carvalho-Zilse, GA; Barros, JDS

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Inst Nacl Pesquisas Amazonia INPA, Manaus, Brazil - Author
State Univ Maranhao UEMA, Dept Biol DBIO, Sao Luis, Brazil - Author

Abstract

The Melipona fasciculata is a stingless bee and her honey has properties and flavor appreciated by different consumers. Its production provides a source of income for poor communities in Maranhao, Brazil. However, the absence of Brazilian legislation for this type of honey, as it exists for Apis mellifera, prevents the expansion of the commercialization of M. fasciculata honey. This study was carried out to identify microbiological and physicochemical patterns of honey in seven important locations in the Baixada Maranhense, in the north of Brazil. The honeys showed good hygienic-sanitary quality, in line with Brazilian legislation for A. mellifera honey and the proposal for regulation of stingless bee (SLB) honey. However, 16% of samples belonging to five locations showed contamination by mesophilic bacteria. The physicochemical parameters were variable, mainly moisture indexes (%), with means between 19.35 to 21.22. The HMF content of Sao Bento (70.70 mg.kg(-1)) was above current Brazilian legislation. Total acidity showed higher averages in half of Sao Bento, Viana and Palmeirandia when compared to legislation and the SLB (Max: 50 mEq.kg(-1)). As for the principal component analysis, HMF and TA showed a positive correlation. With regards to reducing sugar content, only the mean in Peri-Mirim city reached values registered with the Apis legislation and the proposed SLB. In general, the honeys in this study showed rates compatible with those of other SLB, however, in disagreement with parameters required by the Brazilian regulation of Apis, motivating the establishment of specific legislation for honey in Maranhao.

Keywords
Honey legislationHydroxymethylfurfuralMesophilic bacteriaMoistureRegionSamplesStingless bee

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Apicultural Research due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 32/100, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Entomology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Insect Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-05-17:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • Scopus: 2
  • OpenCitations: 1
Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-17:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 11.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 11 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 2.35.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).
Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Brazil.