Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.18047/poljo.24.2.6

Pollen analysis of honey from north-eastern Croatia

Sanda Rašić orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-6143 ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Edita Štefanić orcid.org/0000-0002-2109-4515 ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Slavica Antunović ; Polytechnic in Slavonski Brod, Dr. Mile Budaka 1, 55000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia
Jurica Jović ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
Suzana Kristek ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Vladimira Preloga 1, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

Sixty honey samples from different parts of the north-eastern Croatia were examined for pollen content and pollen share. In total, 84 different pollen grains were identified belonging to 40 families. The most represented families in the honey are: Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Rosaceae. Forty samples are unifloral and twenty are multifloral. Twenty six samples of unifloral honey are from Black locust, twelve from Rapeseed, and two from Lime tree. Honey samples contain 9-25 different types of pollen. Dominant pollen types are Brassicaceae and Robinia pseudacacia.

Keywords

melissopalynological analysis; botanical origin; honey; north-eastern Croatia

Hrčak ID:

214183

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/214183

Publication date:

19.12.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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