Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed
Due to an increasing deficiency in feed for bees, beekeepers increasingly tend to use commercial industrial sugar (sucrose) in the nutrition of bee colonies. In the bees nutrition, sugar can be used as liquid sugar - syrup (diluted in water in different ratios). In addition, sugar can be used to mak...
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| author | Matović Kazimir Kaljević Vesna Mihailović Ružica Dmitrić Marko Nedić Nebojša Ćirić Jelena Jevtić Goran |
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| description | Due to an increasing deficiency in feed for bees, beekeepers increasingly tend to use commercial industrial sugar (sucrose) in the nutrition of bee colonies. In the bees nutrition, sugar can be used as liquid sugar - syrup (diluted in water in different ratios). In addition, sugar can be used to make sugar dough (candy paste). Beekeepers often add enzymes or acids to invert the sugars and speed up the process with additional heating. When the bees are fed syrup that has not been overheated no serious problems arise. But in a case when overheated or multiple heated syrups and the syrup hydrolyzed/inverted by inorganic acids are used in the nutrition the occurrence of hydroxymethylfurfural (5-hydroxymethyl-2furancarboxaldehyde-HMF) which can shorten a life span or cause bee mortality. The purpose of this study is to determine concentrations of HMF, reducing sugars, sucrose, free acids and pH value of solid and liquid feed for bees in the samples of candy paste and syrup, with a particular focus on HMF. During the 2012-2021 period in the laboratory of the Veterinary Specialized Institute "Kraljevo" (VSI "Kraljevo"), in Kraljevo 42 samples of candy paste, 23 samples of enzyme hydrolyzed sugar (syrup) and 6 samples of acid and/or temperature inverted or diluted sugar (syrup) were analyzed. Out of 68 food samples analyzed for the presence of HMF 8 samples (11.76%) were positive for the presence of HMF in concentrations higher than 40 mg/kg. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd92fee9ce9948c68908f855ccbec7ce2025-08-20T02:27:20ZengInstitute for Animal Husbandry, BelgradeBiotechnology in Animal Husbandry1450-91562217-71402024-01-0140214115310.2298/BAH2402141M1450-91562402141MDetermination of some quality parameters of honey bee feedMatović Kazimir0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-6670Kaljević Vesna1https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5235-1277Mihailović Ružica2https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3831-1982Dmitrić Marko3Nedić Nebojša4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7671-5139Ćirić Jelena5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8118-7676Jevtić Goran6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-6919Veterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo, SerbiaVeterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo, SerbiaVeterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo, SerbiaVeterinary Specialized Institute Kraljevo, Kraljevo, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun, SerbiaInstitute of Meat Hygiene and Technology, Belgrade, SerbiaInstitute for Forage Crops, Globoder, Kruševac, SerbiaDue to an increasing deficiency in feed for bees, beekeepers increasingly tend to use commercial industrial sugar (sucrose) in the nutrition of bee colonies. In the bees nutrition, sugar can be used as liquid sugar - syrup (diluted in water in different ratios). In addition, sugar can be used to make sugar dough (candy paste). Beekeepers often add enzymes or acids to invert the sugars and speed up the process with additional heating. When the bees are fed syrup that has not been overheated no serious problems arise. But in a case when overheated or multiple heated syrups and the syrup hydrolyzed/inverted by inorganic acids are used in the nutrition the occurrence of hydroxymethylfurfural (5-hydroxymethyl-2furancarboxaldehyde-HMF) which can shorten a life span or cause bee mortality. The purpose of this study is to determine concentrations of HMF, reducing sugars, sucrose, free acids and pH value of solid and liquid feed for bees in the samples of candy paste and syrup, with a particular focus on HMF. During the 2012-2021 period in the laboratory of the Veterinary Specialized Institute "Kraljevo" (VSI "Kraljevo"), in Kraljevo 42 samples of candy paste, 23 samples of enzyme hydrolyzed sugar (syrup) and 6 samples of acid and/or temperature inverted or diluted sugar (syrup) were analyzed. Out of 68 food samples analyzed for the presence of HMF 8 samples (11.76%) were positive for the presence of HMF in concentrations higher than 40 mg/kg.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2024/1450-91562402141M.pdffeed for beeshydroxymethylfurfuralsugarsfree acidityph |
| spellingShingle | Matović Kazimir Kaljević Vesna Mihailović Ružica Dmitrić Marko Nedić Nebojša Ćirić Jelena Jevtić Goran Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry feed for bees hydroxymethylfurfural sugars free acidity ph |
| title | Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| title_full | Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| title_fullStr | Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| title_short | Determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| title_sort | determination of some quality parameters of honey bee feed |
| topic | feed for bees hydroxymethylfurfural sugars free acidity ph |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1450-9156/2024/1450-91562402141M.pdf |
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