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the The Asiatic honey bee and the Giant honey bee from the area of Khao Bantad Range in south of Thailand.
Organization(s):Papayom pittayakom school
Country:Thailand
Student(s):Phithakdat Chumchaiyo Chiranan Songpai Sumintra Dammee
Khwankhao Voranetiwudti and Nannapat Damchoo
Grade Level:Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)
GLOBE Teacher:CHANWIT SEENAK
Contributors:Dr.Anantanit Chumsri, Assoc. Prof. Peeranart Kiddee, Dr. Nantida Sutummawong
and Mrs.Benjaporn Spmchit
Report Type(s):International Virtual Science Symposium Report
Protocols:Land Cover Classification
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Language(s):English
Date Submitted:03/10/2021
The objective of this research is to study the diversity of food plants for bees, the moisture and the pH level which affected the quality of sweetness in the honey. Honey samples were collected from 4 districts in the area of Khao Bantad Range, south of Thailand which are; Khuan Khanun District, Sri Banphot District, Paphayom District (Phatthalung Province) and Cha-uat District (Nakhon Si Thammarat Province). There are 2 types of honey samples from each area which are; 1. Honey from the Giant honey bee (Apis dorsata fabricius) 2. Honey from the Asiatic honey bee (Apis cerana Fabricius). A total of 13 samples were tested to check the quality, using the process of Scanning Electron Microscope (SME) to determine type and amount of pollen in the honey.
The result from the study indicates that there are 9 families of pollen in honey from the Giant honey bee and the Asiatic honey bee which are; Malvaceae, Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Myrtaceae, Sterculiaceae, Palmae, Oxalidaceae and Moringaceae. Regarding the quality of moisture, the result shows that the moisture in the honey from Asiatic honey bee is at average 22.78% and in the honey from the Giant honey bee is 24.45%. The result in moisture from all samples shows that their quality in moisture is higher than the standard of local products. Regarding the sweetness, the result shows that the honey from the Asiatic Honey bee has an average sweetness level at 80.21 Brix and the average sweetness level in the honey from the Giant honey bee is at 78.88 Brix. According to the study about correlation between the sweetness, the moisture, the pH scale and the amount of pollen’s types in the honey from the Asiatic Honey Bee and the Giant Honey Bee, the result indicates that the honey from the Asiatic Honey Bee has a negative correlation with the moisture at statistical significance 0.001 (r=-0.936, P<0.001), and there is a positive correlation with the amount of pollen’s types at statistical significance 0.005 (r=0.813, P<0.005), but there is no correlation with pH scale 0.05 (r=-0.002, P> 0.005).
The sweetness of the honey from the Giant honey bee has a negative correlation with the moisture at statistical significance 0.005 (r=-0.810, P<0.005), and there is a negative correlation with pH at statistical significance 0.005 (r=-8.01, P<0.005), but there is no correlation with the amount of pollen’s types at statistical significance 0.05 (r=-0.002, P>0.005)
Keyword: pollen’s types, Asiatic Honey Bee, Giant Honey Bee, quality of honey