Determination the chemical proprieties of mountain honeybees in some districts produced in Syria

Abstract

This study was conducted in  laboratories of agriculture college in Damascus university by collecting 14 randomized samples of mountain honeybees from three districted and rounds area ( Latakia, Homs and Damascus) during 2017 to determine chemical properties ( moisture, Ashes, sugar ( fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose) and 5- hydroxymethyforforal (5-HMF). Results reveal that  mountain honeybees in Damascus was low in moisture ( 13.69%) , high  in total acids (22.91 meq/kg ),  high  in total sugar( 78.19%) and low in ashes (0.29%) when compared with Latakia and Homs districts and rounds area . HPLC analysis of sugar showed  high  fructose (40.51%),  high sucrose( 4.19%) and  low maltose (3%) in Damascus district and rounds when it compared to Latakia. 5- HMF was  the highest value ( 36.97 mg/kg)in  Latakia than the others. However, all the samples were accepted by Syrian standard with low value.