Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: MICHELE DA SILVA FERREIRA BANDEIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : MICHELE DA SILVA FERREIRA BANDEIRA
DATA : 30/11/2018
HORA: 14:30
LOCAL: Campus Sosígenes Costa - Porto Seguro - Bahia
TÍTULO:

Pollen analysis of honeys from the Costa do Descobrimento,
Bahia State, Brazil

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

beekeeping, Apis mellifera, honey, melissopalynology

PÁGINAS: 60
GRANDE ÁREA: Outra
ÁREA: Ciências Ambientais
RESUMO:

Honey production is related to the presence of flowers,
and it important to know the regional flora in which beekeeping activity is performed. The
present research constitutes a palynological study of the honeys produced in the Costa do
Descobrimento, Bahia State. Considering the lack of knowledge about the apicultural flora
in this region, the research aimed to carry out a pollen analysis of honeys samples produced
in the municipalities of Belmonte, Itapebi, Eunápolis, Porto Seguro, Itabela and Guaratinga,
using melissopalinology as a tool to identify the bee flora. Twenty-one honey samples from
Apis mellifera L. were collected between November 2017 and August 2018, directly from 

beekeepers. The pollen analyzes were carried out at the Laboratory of Plant
Micromorphology of the Bahia State University at Feira de Santana. All honey samples
were prepared using the acetolysis technique (ERDTMAN, 1960). Then, the pollen types
present in the honeys were identified by comparison with the descriptions obtained in the
specialized literature, and the consecutive count of 500 pollen grains/sample was performed,
determining the occurrence classes, according to Louveaux et al. (1978). Thirty-one pollen
types have been identified, distributed in 22 genera and 12 botanical families. Porto Seguro
presented 26 pollen types, none as predominant pollen (> 45%). Mimosa sensitiva occurred
as predominant pollen (79.6%) in Itabela, and Brosimum (69%) and Cecropia (46%) in
Belmonte. The honeys produced by Apis mellifera on the Costa do Descobrimento have
representatives of the families Anacardiaceae, Asteraceae and Myrtaceae, providing
potential nectariferous resources to bees. The dissertation will be divided in two chapters: 1)
Melissopalinological characterization of honeys from the Costa do Descobrimento, Bahia
State, Brazil – of which the preliminary results presented here are part, and 2) Pollen
analysis of honeys indicated as monofloral in municipalities of the Costa do Descobrimento,
Bahia State, Brazil – samples still under analysis.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 1553832 - JORGE ANTONIO SILVA COSTA
Externo ao Programa - 1007082 - OLIVIA MARIA PEREIRA DUARTE
Externo à Instituição - PAULINO PEREIRA OLIVEIRA - UEFS