Otro
Nutritive value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee- stored pollen in the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona postica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
Registro en:
Apidologie, v. 31, n. 1, p. 39-45, 2000.
0044-8435
10.1051/apido:2000100
WOS:000085777900004
WOS000085777900004.pdf
2-s2.0-0033964397
Autor
Fernandes-da-Silva, Pedro Guilherme
Serrão, José Eduardo
Resumen
In Meliponini bees, pollen is stored inside the hive. We compared the nutritional value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee-stored pollen of Scaptotrigona postica. The results showed no differences in nutritional value and apparent digestibility between bee-collected and bee- stored pollen, suggesting that the storage process of pollen grains do not play a role in these parameters. These results are discussed in relation to other aspects of pollen storage, such as food conservation and/or organoleptic properties of stored pollen.