Physicochemical characteristics of stingless bee honey from Tetrigona apicalis sp. / Nur Liena Rosli

The physicochemical characteristics of stingless bee honey from species Tetrigona
apicalis were ascertained. Five different logs of stingless bee honey from same
species were selected. During the experiment, there are five different parameters
were investigated. This includes pH, total acidity, ash content, colour intensity and
moisture content. The characteristic of honey obtained from the experiment were
differ compared to the previous studies of honey from the same species. Only pH
value was almost similar. This might be cause by different geographical region and
flowering season in UiTM Pahang, Jengka Campus. For the Tetrigona apicalis sp.
honey, the value for pH was 3.31±0.01 to 3.43±0.02, total acidity was 126.67±5.77
to 152.33±6.23 meq/kg. Meanwhile the value for ash content 0.240±0.03 to
0.490±0.03 g/100g, colour intensity was 0.83033±0.01 to 1.30523±0.01 Abs and
for moisture content was 27±00 to 34.20±0.00%. The result obtained during the
experiment is important to determine the quality of stingless bee honey. The
samples of stingless bee honey were collected in UiTM Jengka, Pahang.