Nutritive value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee-stored pollen in the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona postica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini).

摘要

The nutritional value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee-stored pollen of S. postica were compared. 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.