The Trigona incisa honey quality of apisilviculture system

Abstract

Abstract The population of Trigona incisa honey bees is abundant in the agroforestry region and potential to produce 13 kinds of high-value products required by the food industry, beverage, pharmaceutical, and beauty, which is the main raw material derived from plants such as flower nectar and pollen (anthers/pollen), and parts of plants other than ekstranutfial flower nectar is a sweet liquid that comes from the fruit, shoots, buds, leaves, stems, branches, and twigs. This study aims to determine the quality of Trigona incisa honey production from the apisilvikultur system. The experiment was conducted by using the survey method and laboratory testing with the following stages: The Trigona incisa honey bees which maintained by apisilvikultur farmers harvested using 100 mesh sieve and packed. Furthermore, tests will be carried out in the laboratory with test procedures and standard of SNI (Indonesian National Standard) 01-3545-2004. The test results will be analyzed by comparing with several standard test values. The results showed that the parameters of Trigona incisa honey quality that meet quality requirements of SNI 01-3545-2004 there are 7 parameters namely: ash content, solids that are not soluble in water, Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), Sucrose, Lead, Cuprum, and Arsenic metal contamination, while the parameters that do not meet the standards there are 4 parameters, namely water content, acidity, reducing sugar, and activity of diastase enzyme.

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