Ardahan İli Ballarının Melitopalinolojik, Fiziksel ve Kimyasal Analizi
Özet
According to the statistics done between the years 2010-2011, based on the list of 304 beekeepers, registered in the Ardahan Beekeepers' Association in Ardahan province and its districts, established on the Caucasus between the Eastern Anatolia region and Black Sea border, 75 apiaries and 75 pieces honey samples were collected from these apiary form the study material. Than, one sample included in the samples so the study has been completed with 76 samples. In this study, melitopalynological analyses and physicochemical analyses were used to determine the quality of honey samples collected from Ardahan province and whether they are adulterated or not. In the melitopalynological analyses, the source of pollens and the total number of pollens, the source of the starch in honey and the rate of percentage and the microscopic particles that should not be in honey were examined.
