01726naa a2200301 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400400007410000230011424501080013726000090024552008810025465000200113565000210115565000190117665000110119565000110120665000120121765300230122965300240125265300220127670000260129870000180132470000200134270000190136277300430138121257022020-10-20       2020    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a0308-81467 a10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.1270412DOI1 aSANT'ANA, R. da S.  aCharacterization of honey of stingless bees from the Brazilian semi-arid region.h[electronic resource]  c2020  aThe physicochemical characteristics of honey vary according to bee species, climate, region, period of collection, processing and storage. In this context, this work aimed to perform a comparative study of the physicochemical characteristics of Melipona subnitida and M. fasciculata honey collected at different periods and regions of the State of Piauí, Brazil. Twenty-nine honey samples were collected and evaluated by principal component analysis from physicochemical analysis data. Twenty-two percent of the parameters analyzed differed between species. Evaluating the collection period, the honey of M. subnitida and M. fasciculata presented differences among themselves. The study revealed a similarity between the physicochemical parameters of the honey of the two species of bees, in addition, the time was one of the determining factors in the formation of clusters.  aAnimal products  aCarboxylic acids  aStingless bees  aAbelha  aÁcido  aProduto  aAbelha sem ferrão  aÁcido carboxílico  aProduto de abelha1 aCARVALHO, C. A. L. de1 aODA-SOUZA, M.1 aSOUZA, B. de A.1 aDIAS, F. de S.  tFood Chemistry, V. 327, e127041, 2020.