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Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees (the genus Apis) is the one most commonly referenced, as it is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans.
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Honey, often referred to as "liquid gold," has captivated humanity for millennia, serving as a completely natural food devoid of additives and preservatives, significant medicinal value and a symbol of cultural and spiritual significance. With over 300 varieties recognized globally, honey's composition, flavor, and therapeutic properties vary signi...
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Stingless bee honey has been attracting interest among consumers owing to its wide variety, sensorial characteristics, therapeutic properties, and high added value. Several studies have been carried out through native bee honey; however, studies around Melipona bicolor honey-a rare species remain scarce. Accordingly, this research aimed to evaluate...
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Honey bees are important pollinators in both agriculture and ecosystems, and their health is essential for sustainable human development. Although only two bacteria, Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius, have been identified as bacterial pathogens in honey bee brood for over 100 years, we found three additional Paenibacillus strains (Pa...
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Considering the health-beneficial properties of honeydew honey and difficulties in its authenticity assessment, a high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) fingerprint method in combination with multivariate analysis was developed, in order to relate phenolic profiles of selected honey samples to their verified botanical origin and biologi...
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Pesticides are considered a main driver of world-wide bee declines. In agricultural areas, bees are exposed to combinations of pesticides at low concentrations. The extent to which these low levels may cause sublethal effects remains unknown. Laboratory methods to detect sublethal effects are needed as a first step in assessing the potential hazard...
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Functional food plays a vital role in promoting human health. Honey is one of these foods that have high nutritional value and medicinal properties. The main aim of this study is to investigate the total content of proteins, phenols and carotenoids in thistle honey extract and to evaluate the biological activities. In addition, to investigate the p...
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Food adulteration remains a pressing issue, with serious implications for public health and economic fairness. Electroanalytical techniques have emerged as promising tools for detecting food adulteration due to their high sensitivity, cost-effectiveness, and adaptability to field conditions. This review delves into the application of these techniqu...
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Honey, a sweet and nutritious food produced by honeybees, is extensively consumed by humans due to its potential health benefits. Unfortunately, the adulteration of honey with inexpensive sugar syrups is a prevalent issue. Verifying the authenticity of honey is crucial for maintaining its quality and safety standards. The aim of this study was to i...
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Aims and Objectives Honey possesses specific anti‐inflammatory properties. We evaluated the effects of oral honey supplementation on skeletal muscle‐related inflammatory markers among military graduates after overtraining. Methods This randomized double‐blind controlled trial was conducted on 42 overtrained military graduates who were randomly ass...
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Background Honey’s medical values have been extensively recorded in literature. Yemeni Sidr honey was reported to treat many ailments like stomach and respiratory disorders. ESKAPE and other multidrug-resistant pathogens are considered one of the top three risks to global public health, so alternative strategies become critical demand against such...
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Development of a successful in vitro rearing protocol has been essential for pesticide safety assessment of immature honey bee workers under laboratory conditions. In contrast, pesticide safety testing of honey bee drones is limited, in part due to the lack of successful laboratory rearing protocols for this reproductive caste. Considering that hea...
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In honey bee diet, pollen is the primary source of proteins and essential nutrients. High pollen diversity and protein content support honey bee health, enhancing resistance to different stressors. Agroecosystem simplification, with few dominant species flowering for a limited period, can lead to a shortage of forage and a reduction in the variety...
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Honey bees are eusocial insect. They are of the genus Apis. It has broad range of uses. The major product derived from honey bees other than honey is bee wax. This paper garners the cosmetological and pharmacological use of bee wax.
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The production of functional candies has garnered significant attention due to the growing consumer demand for healthier confectionery options. This study investigates the production of functional jelly gum by replacing table sugar and glucose syrup with honey and blueberry concentrate. Various formulations were developed and tested for phenolic an...
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The asynchronous Byzantine-fault tolerance (BFT) protocols are widely adopted in mission-critical tasks. However, existing asynchronous consensus algorithms, such as Honey Badger BFT (HBBFT) and DumboBFT, still suffer from bandwidth waste, excessive producer election rounds, and low consensus efficiency. Therefore, exploring optimized solutions for...
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Video summarization is a method of deducing the content of video content for generating a summary in video format. The generated summary should have the significant segments of raw video. Recently, the content of video has been rapidly increasing, thus automatic video summarization is beneficial for individuals who want to keep time and learn more...
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The composition of the gut microbiota in animals can be influenced by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the host, such as diet, physiological state, and genetics. This study aimed to compare the structural composition of the gut microbiota of Apis mellifera bees from two distinct Brazilian biomes, the Atlantic Forest and the Caatinga,...
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This study investigates the impact of Nosema infection in beehives on the physico-chemical and biochemical properties and spectral characteristics of honey as indicators of honey quality. Comprehensive analyses were performed on honey samples from hives with varying levels of Nosema infection, examining water content, free acidity, optical rotation...
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Propolis (bee glue) is a complex mixture of resins, waxes, and gums, and it is a resinous exudate manufactured by honey bees to maintain the integrity of the hive and defend against external threats. This multifunctional material exhibits several striking properties. The anti-inflammatory properties of propolis have made it a subject of traditional...
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A photovoltaic array fault diagnosis method based on an improved honey badger optimization algorithm is proposed to improve the accuracy of photovoltaic array fault diagnosis. Firstly, analyze the current and power output characteristic curves of the photovoltaic array under different states, and construct a preliminary set of 10 dimensional fault...
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Introduction: Honey has been widely used as a nutritional supplement and medicine. Many herbal honey products are developed as nutritional supplements that are combined with SFM to make them more effective, but there are still many shortcomings due to the unpleasant taste produced, unattractive physical appearance, and high susceptibility to oxidat...
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BACKGROUND Burn injuries are a global public health issue that impact healing time and cause complications. While silver sulfadiazine (SSD) cream is commonly used for treatment, research indicates that SSD can hinder the wound healing process. Natural alternatives like Aloe vera, honey, and amniotic membranes have shown promise in promoting wound h...
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Hive products, encompassing honey, propolis, bee venom, royal jelly, and pollen, are recognized for their antimicrobial and therapeutic properties. This review examines their chemical composition, explores their mechanisms of action, and discusses their potential applications in both human and veterinary medicine, particularly in addressing the cha...
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The recent surge in demand for plant-based beverages necessitates the development of newer formulations, though stability and flavor offer challenges in their standardization. Hence, xanthan gum (XG) was used (0.1–0.4% (w/v) to stabilize field pea extract (PE) for use as a beverage base. The level of XG was standardized based on stability and visco...
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College students these days are under a great deal of psychological stress. This stress, whether originating from academic demands or personal life challenges, triggers a cascade of biological responses within the body. Physiologically, stress can disrupt the normal functioning of the endocrine system, leading to abnormal secretion of stress hormon...
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Contacto: enrique.pascual@umich.mx Resumen.La apicultura es la práctica dedicada al cuidado de las abejas del género Apis para la obtención de productos de la colmena. No obstante, este sector enfrenta desafíos que afectan su sostenibilidad, como la saturación del mercado, fluctuaciones de precios, consumo per capita bajo, dependencia casi exclusiv...
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The Varroa destructor mite’s transmission of deformed wing virus (DWV) to honey bees is responsible for most winter mortalities of colonies worldwide. Four DWV genotypes (A, B, C and D) and numerous recombinants have been described. The most recent studies have reported the greater prevalence of DWV-B over DWV-A in several countries, including Euro...
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Background. The protist family Trypanosomatidae includes parasites of insects, vertebrates, plants, and even other unicellular eukaryotes. The genomes of these species harbor clues to the evolution of parasitism, adaptation to novel hosts, and infection of mammals. We present an analysis of a chromosome-level genome assembly of Lotmaria passim , th...
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Recent studies have indicated the presence of micro- and nanoplastics in food of animal origin. To address the concerns regarding human dietary plastic uptake, extensive monitoring using validated analytical methods is required. However, a major challenge in analysis lies in the high complexity of preparing food samples rich in macromolecular conte...
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The diversity of botanical origins may influence the composition of honey and thus its recognition as a functional and healthy food. This study examined the standard physicochemical properties, bioactive components and antioxidant activity of Kosovan honeys according to their floral source (monofloral, blossom, acacia, and mountain blossom honey)....
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Recently, urban beekeeping has been recognized as an important activity capable of generating many environmental, economic, and social benefits for society. Urban beekeeping is considered a valuable activity that balances the increase in honey production and urban biodiversity conservation in a sustainable way. However, there is no available litera...
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The present work was conducted to evaluate the quality of ten brands of honey commercially available in the Libyan market. The moisture, color intensity, ash content, pH, and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) content were detected according to AOAC 1990-Official Methods and reference methods. The results were compared with Libyan Standard Legislation and...
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Honey bee colonies contain thousands of individuals living in close proximity in a thermally homeostatic nest, creating ideal conditions for the thriving of numerous pathogens. Among the bacterial pathogens, Paenibacillus larvae infects larvae via the nutritive jelly that adult workers feed them, causing the highly contagious American foulbrood dis...
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Extreme temperatures associated with climate change are expected to impact the physiology and fertility of a variety of insects, including honey bees. Most previous work on this topic has focused on female honey bees (workers and queens), and comparatively little research has investigated how heat exposure affects males (drones). To address this ga...
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Learning, the enduring change of behavior of an animal with experience, has been one of the most scrutinised cognitive ability of animals ranging from simple forms to the most advanced ones. Learning is considered in two categories as non-associative and associative. Simple forms of responses including habituation and sensitization are considered a...
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Apis cerana, a native type of honey bee in China, adapts well to the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) environments with high altitude, cold, low oxygen, and strong radiation. In this study, we detected 40 morphological characteristics from 100 colonies in 49 regions. We not only evaluated the morphometric characteristics of honey bee populations in the...
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Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as plasmids and bacteriophages, are major contributors to the ecology and evolution of host-associated microbes due to a continuum of symbiotic interactions and by mediating gene flow via horizontal gene transmission. However, while myriad studies have investigated relationships between MGEs and variation in fit...
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Aiming at the problem that the honey badger algorithm easily falls into local convergence, insufficient global search ability, and low convergence speed, this paper proposes a global optimization honey badger algorithm (Global Optimization HBA) (GOHBA), which improves the search ability of the population, with better ability to jump out of the loca...
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Dry-fermented sausages, particularly traditional varieties like Sokobanja sausage from Serbia, are highly valued for their unique sensory attributes. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of adding starter cultures (lactic acid bacteria, LAB, and coagulase-negative staphylococci, CNS) and organic sunflower honey (at concentrations of 0.2% and 0....
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In trying to protect honey bee species and maintain genetic diversity, employing effective approaches for drone sperm conservation is crucial. Based on literature, drone sperm cryopreservation extenders and methods have not been fully optimized. Our research aim was to enhance drone bee sperm preservation by incorporating royal jelly (RJ) in the ex...
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In recent decades, bee poisoning due to pesticides and agrochemicals has increased, posing significant challenges to honey bee health and contributing to the so-called “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD). Poor knowledge about the level of exposure of bee colonies to pesticides and agrochemicals, whether from the environment or beekeeping management pr...
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Honey bees balance colony populations against available food resources by adjusting brood rearing during nutritionally-stressed periods. Workers limit colony populations primarily through brood cannibalism of eggs and young larvae but often resume brood rearing when conditions improve. However, extended brood cannibalism reduces brood and removes b...
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Simple Summary: Research has suggested the utilization of thermal interventions, specifically hyperthermia, as a viable method for combating Varroa destructor mites. Simultaneously, studies have elucidated the impact of heat stress in reducing viral infections among afflicted bees. This article aims to conduct a review of the current literature on...
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An experiment was conducted during the years 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 at the experimental plot, College of Agriculture, Chiplima, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Sambalpur, Odisha, India, to determine the effect of integrated use nutrients (organic, inorganic and biofertilizers) on foliar nutrient content, fruit nutrient uptake, soi...
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Nineveh Province was elected as an applied model for the study due to its relative importance in the production of bee honey. The data was obtained by designing a questionnaire using the random sampling method for honey bee production projects in the field. The sample size was determined according to its percentage in the community for (120) projec...
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Stingless bee honey farming offers a sustainable agricultural practice that provides a natural sweetener and empowers smallholder farmers, especially in developing regions. This study, conducted in Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra, Indonesia, explores the socioeconomic and ecological benefits of stingless bee farming while identifying challenges faced...
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Extensive production and utilization of plastics have resulted in the subsequent accumulation of microplastics (MPs) in the environment, which has become a serious threat to human health globally. Therefore, in this study, 112 drinks and food products were purchased from local markets in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the abundance of MPs was investigat...
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Introduction: ARI (Acute Respiratory Infection) is one of the most common problems experienced by toddlers. Symptoms such as cough with phlegm or dry cough and nasal congestion are clinical manifestations of ARI. This paper aims to determine the effect of eucalyptus oil inhalation therapy and the provision of ginger honey drink on toddlers ARI in R...
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In this study, the physicochemical properties (electrical conductivity (EC), pH, free acidity, moisture content, DPPH radical scavenging activity, total polyphenols content (TPC), flavonoids content (FC), individual polyphenols, carbohydrates, and organic acids), microbiological quality, and antibacterial activity of honey (raspberry, rosehip, alfa...
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Honey is a sweet substance laboriously collected and crafted from nectar by bees, and since ancient times, it has been deeply cherished by humans for its unique flavor and nutritional value. Litchi honey stands out among various types of honey with its unique flavor and sweet taste, and it is particularly favored by consumers. In accordance with th...
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Aim: To evaluate the hepatoprotective effect of green tea and honey on atrazine-induced hepatotoxicity in albino Wistar rats. Methodology: Please Thirty (30) albino Wistar rats weighing between 150-250g were randomly divided into six (6) groups of five rats each. Group I rats served as the negative control, group II rats served as the positive cont...
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Pollen is a source of protein, lipids, vitamins and minerals for bees and other flower-visiting insects. The composition of macro- and micronutrients of pollen vary among different plant species. Honey bees are long-distance foragers, collecting nectar and pollen from plants within several kilometers of their hive. Availability of pollen within the...
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Introduction Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a prominent multidrug-resistant and biofilm-forming bacteria. Mono-floral honey, enriched with a variety of biological compounds, can be categorized as medical-grade honey due to its notable pharmacological benefits. In this study, two types of Iranian honey were thoroughly characterized, and the antimicrobial...
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Background Dental avulsion is the most severe form of injury to a tooth, and its prognosis is majorly affected by the type of the storage medium prior to re-implantation. Honey is a readily available household substance with anti-inflammatory properties. However, there is paucity of data regarding its use as a transport medium for avulsed teeth. Th...
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In recent years, bumblebees have increasingly been used to study various aspects of bee biology, ecology and evolution. They are now broadly accepted as tractable model species, complementary to the domestic honey bees, for fundamental and applied apidology. Here, we provide a brief history of how bumblebee research developed since their domesticat...
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Contrary to common understanding, Paenibacillus larvae is not considered a zoonotic agent. However, in cases of intravenous honey administration, spores could act as infectious agents. In modern times, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Paenibacillus larvae has been documented, but it receives little attention from medical professionals and their pa...
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Hard particle dispersions are abundant in food as well as technical applications. In particular, the production of many candies like fondants, crystalline sugars or creamed honeys involves agitation of concentrated suspensions of microscopic crystals in saturated solutions. However, the complex rheological behavior of such non-colloidal suspensions...
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Stonebrood (Aspergillus sp.) is a rare, poorly described disease of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera) that can affect adult bees and brood. This study describes the pathogenesis using artificially reared pathogen-free Apis mellifera larvae, experimentally infected (5 × 102 spores/larva) with Aspergillus flavus. Between days 1 and 5 p.i. (larva...
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Introduction. One of the discomforts that mothers frequently experience during the start of pregnancy is emesis gravidarum, which is characterized by nausea and vomiting. The welfare of the mother and child will be impacted if emesis episodes are not handled right away. Herbal remedies like red ginger, tamarind, and honey can help people stay healt...
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Prebiotics are moieties present in food which act by various means to increase levels of probiotic bacteria in the human gut. Prebiotic foods include A sparagus, sugar beet, garlic, chicory, onion, Jerusalem artichoke, wheat, honey, banana, barley, tomato, rye, soybean, banana and others. Fructooligosaccharides and galactooligosaccharides are the a...