Melissopalynology of Kelulut Honey from Malaysia

Abstract

Bee is an essential insect as it acts as the primary pollinator of the world. They play an important role for wild plants and flowers to spread their pollen. Through the process of extracting nectar from flowers, pollen will stick on the legs of the bees thus spreading as the bee flies from one flower to another. Kelulut bee is also known as stingless bee or the scientific name Meliponini. They are one of the main pollinators for main plants. Melissopalynology is a study of pollen that is used to identify the type and the count of pollen that can be found in the honey.