Taxonomic patterns of host plants and its impact on honey properties by two sympatric Afrotropical stingless bee species in Zanzibar (Tanzania)

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI:10.1111/aje.13257

Nelly Ndungu, Pierre Noiset, Mary Chege, Jacqueline Wahura Waweru, Nassor Sharifu, Nicolas J. Vereecken, Nkoba Kiatoko

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Abstract

Stingless bees are important pollinators and producers of honey used in folk medicine. We investigate the nectar sources for two Afrotropical stingless bee species, Hypotrigona araujoi and Meliponula ferruginea. Pollen was extracted and processed using next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods, DNA metabarcoding. Results show that stingless bees visited 32 plant genera. Wild plants were the major nectar sources for the two stingless bees' species. The diversity of plants visited and honey physical–chemical characteristics differed between the two bee species, suggesting that they use comparable spectra of host plants. This information should help prioritise the conservation of identified forage plants.

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桑给巴尔（坦桑尼亚）两种同域非洲无刺蜂的寄主植物分类模式及其对蜂蜜特性的影响

无刺蜂是重要的授粉者，也是用于民间医药的蜂蜜生产者。我们对两种非洲热带无刺蜂--Hypotrigona araujoi 和 Meliponula ferruginea--的花蜜来源进行了调查。我们采用下一代测序（NGS）方法和 DNA 代谢编码对花粉进行了提取和处理。结果表明，无刺蜂访问了 32 个植物属。野生植物是两种无刺蜂的主要蜜源。两种无刺蜂访问的植物多样性和蜂蜜的物理化学特征各不相同，这表明它们使用的寄主植物具有可比性。这些信息有助于优先保护已确定的饲料植物。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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