International Symposium on Authenticity and Quality of Bee Products
 and
the 2nd World Symposium on Honeydew Honey

 Apimondia International Honey Commission

April 7-10th , 2010
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute
Chania,  Crete, Greece
 

 
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Preliminary program

Wednesday  April 7th

International Honey Commission Meeting

08:00-10:00 Registration

10:00-14:00 IHC Meeting

Werner von der Ohe, Chairman Stefan Bogdanov, Vice-Chairman

What

Who

1. New IHC members since last meeting  

2. Current work of the different groups Reports of activity leaders and short presentations of a maximum of 10 minutes each, plus discussion of 5 minutes
 

3.1. Residues  (Anne Claire Martel, FR) -Monitoring of PDCB residues in Switzerland

Christina Kast Kast,CH

3.2.Botanical and Geographical Origin of Honey (A.Thrasyvoulou, GR)
  • Honeydew honeys of Europe-Traceability of the botanical origin of honey: determination by real time PCR
Andreas Thrasyvoulou

Gian  Luigi Marcazzan, IT

3.3. Pollen (Maria Campos, PT)  
3.4 Beeswax

JoachimRoth, D; Stefan Bogdanov, CH

3.5. Royal Jelly (Anna Gloria Sabatini I)  
3.6. Propolis (Vassya Bankova, BG)  

3.7. Melipona honey (Ligia Almeida, BR)

  • Entomological origin of stingless bee honey as a contribution of Prof. Camargo, an exper in biogeography

  • A stingless bee honey database on a website repository

  • Book project: Pot honey: A legacy of stingless bees

Ligia Almeida, BR

 

Patricia Vit  (VE)

Patricia Vit

Patricia Vit

3.8. Honey of Asian bees (Surrendra Joshi, NP)  
3.9. Melissopalynology  (Werner von der Ohe, DE)  
3.10. Sensory Analysis (Lucia Piana, I) Lucia Piana, I

3.11. Adulteration (Lutz Elflein, DE)

  • Adulteration of honey: current situation - reference database update - new analytical developments.

Lutz Elflein, DE

3.12. Organic honey  (Stefan Bogdanov CH)
  • Apimondia Conference in Bulgaria

Stefan Bogdanov CH
3.13. Apimedical Science (Peter Gallmann, CH) Stefan Bogdanov CH
3.14. Good Honey Production  

3.15. Honey Analysis Methods (Teresa Sancho, ES)

  • Improvements of Phadebas® for the Phadebas Diastase Test
    Bipea - organiser of proficiency testing schemes for honey

  • Participation results of Apiculture Division laboratory in Pulawy (Poland) in proficiency test for honey organised by Bipea.

 

Teresa Sancho, ES

Eric Johnson, SE

Bruno Berken

Ewa Waś, Helena Rybak-Chmielewska,

Teresa Szczęsna, Katarzyna Kachaniuk

3.16. Honey Microbiology Alejandra Vasquez and Tobias Olfafson, SE
4. Varia Control, legislation, market, others, next meeting  
1400-17:00 Conference excursion to Omalos

 

Thursday  April 8th    

2nd World Honeydew Honey Symposium (Bogdanov, Thrasyvoulou)

Presentations of a maximum of 10 minutes each, plus discussion of 5 minutes

09:00-09:30

Opening Ceremony

09:30-09:45

A review of the biological and functional properties of honeydew honeys in comparison to blossom honeys

Stefan Bogdanov

9:45-10:00

Differentiation of honeydew honey and blossom honey according to their sugar profile

Bentabol Manzanares, A.;  Hernández García, Z., Rodríguez Galdón, B.; Rodríguez Rodríguez E.; and Díaz Romero, C.

10:00-10:15

First estimations for the chesnut honeydew typification in Spain.

 

León-Ruiz, V.; González-Porto, A.V.; Rodrigo-Medina, S; Escuredo O., Chouza M. & Seijo C.

10:15-10:30

Comparison of volatile and semi-volatile compounds isolated from six types of Greek monofloral honeys

Tananaki Ch., Thrasyvoulou A.

10:30-10:45

Composition and properties of two unique honeys from the boreal coniferous forest zone: fireweed and raspberry honey

Anneli Salonen, Riitta Julkunen-Tiitto

10:45-11:00

Interpretation of Indian unifloral honey quality data by pattern recognition techniques.

Vikas Nanda and Bahadur Singh

11:00-11:15

Slovene honey - protected geographical indication.

Andreja Kandolf, Adriana Pereyra Gonzales, Nataša Lilek

11:15-11:30

 

 

11:30-11:45

Uni-floral honey analysis commercialized in Catalonia (Spain)

Garcés, S., González-Porto, A.V. & J. Cambra

 

Bee farming in Africa

Mugisha Fred

 

Natural honey: a healthy source of dietary fructose.

Ajibola Abdulwahid

11:45-13:00

Coffee break  and Poster exhibition

13:00-13:15

Volatile and semivolatile components of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum honeys from Gran Canaria (Spain).

Jiménez-Pulido, A; Sancho, MT, Sanjuán, E.; Millán, R., and Fernández-Muiño a

13:15-13:30

Eeucalyptus occidentalis endl. unifloral honey: physicochemical, melissopalynological and organoleptic characteristics.

Piana Maria Lucia , Belligoli Paola, Sesta Giulio, Lusco Lorenzo, Persano Oddo Livia

 

13:30-13:45

Lead and cadmium in honey dew and blossom honeys  originated from different regions of Greece in the year 2009

S. Samargi  and  E. Gouta

 

13:45-14:00

Honey bees of western Turkey and pine honey

Irfan Kandemir and Ayça Ozkan

14:00-15:30

Lunch at MAIC

Join Meeting  with Entomologissst (Bogdanov, Harizanis, Gounari)

15:30-15:45

Biology and phenology of Neoleucaspis kartliana (tanacsijshuk) (Diptera: chamaemyiidae) on Marchalina hellenica genn. (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) in Turkey

Ülgentürk S., Civelek S.H., Ayhan B. Dursun O. &  Sahin Ö.

 

15:45-16:00

Biology and phenology of Marchalina hellenica genn. (Hemiptera: Marchalinidae) in Greece

Sofia Gounari

16:00-16:15

Pine and fir tree honeys: a review of the two pillars of beekeeping in Greece

Spyros Skareas

 

16:15-16:30

Supported colony management system for ıncreasing honey production.

Muhsin Doğaroğlu

17:00-21:00

Conference excursion to Rethymno

 

Friday April 9th

Authenticity and Quality of bee products  (Ligia Almeida-Muradian, Harizanis Paschalis, Bogdanov).

Presentations of a maximum of 10 minutes each, plus discussion of 5 minutes

0.9:00-09:15

Prediction of 16 physicochemical measurands of honey using FT-IR ATR

 

Ligia Bicudo de Almeida-Muradian, Werner Luginbühl, Peter Gallmann, René Badertscher

9:15-9:30

Chromatography analysis of carbohydrates used in quality control of honeys.

Helena Rybak-Chmielewska, Teresa Szczęsna, Ewa Waś, Katarzyna Kachaniuk

9:30-9:45

HPLC determination of maltodexstrins used for detection of honey adulteration by starch syrups

Teresa Szczęsna, Helena Rybak-Chmielewska, Ewa Waś, Katarzyna Kachaniuk, Dariusz Gerula

9:45-10:00

Development of a screening method for the authentication of the botanical origin of honey by mid-infrared spectroscopy

Martina Janke, Kathrin Kemper, Laila Ettalibi, Werner von der Ohe

10:00-10:15

Solid-phase extraction for the determination. of organic acids in honey

S. Oelschlaegel,  R. Esche,  I. Koelling-Speer,  K. Speer

10:15-10:30

Simultaneous analysis of phenolic acids and flavonoids in honey

K Speer , S Trautvetter, I Koelling -Speer

10:30-10:45

Analysis of the volatile fraction composition in the bee pollen loads in Spain

Ana Rosa Quintana-Edesa, Amelia Virginia González-Porto, M Teresa Sancho-Ortíz, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Muiño

10:45-11:00

Analysis of French royal jelly for quality and authenticity controls.

Casabianca  H., Daniele G.

11:00-11:15

The content of fatty acids in monofloral pollen loads

Róbert CHLEBO, Martin Melich, Miroslava KaČÁniovÁ

11:15-11:30

Protein content and sugar composition of bee-collected pollen from selected botanical origins

Liolios V. , Tananaki C. , Dimou M. , Kanelis D. , Thrasyvoulou A

11:30-12:00

Coffee break

12:00-12:15

Vitamin B2 stability of dried bee pollen during storage.

Aline Aparecida Santos Pereira, Vanilda Aparecida Soares de Arruda, Ligia Bicudo de Almeida-Muradian

12:15-12:30

Inhibition activity of ethanol extract of propolis (EEP) relation mycotoxigenic fungi

Karina Grigoryan, Mariam Sargsyan, Lusine Hakobyan, Grigor Badalyan

12:30 -12:45

Is Portugal a country of propolis diversity?

S.I. Falcão, V. Batista, S. M. Cardoso, M. R.M. Domingues, M. Vilas-Boas

12:45-13:00

Parameters that affect in protein and sugar content in royal jelly.

Kanelis D., Tananaki Ch., Lazaridou E., Liolios V., Thrasyvoulou A.

13:00-13:15

Physicochemical and palynological analysis of brazilian Apis mellifera bee and stingless bee (Tetragonisca angustula) honey

Ligia Bicudo de Almeida-Muradian, Graziela Leal Sousa, Alex da Silva de Freitas, Ortrud Monika Barth.

13:30-13:45

Conclusions

14:00- 17:00

Conference excursion to Anopolis

 

Saturday April 10th

Post –Conference excursion to Knossos Lasithi (one day)

Posters

No

Poster title

Authors

38

Valorisation of the honey food chain: traceability and botanical origin

Morcia C. , Cafiero C. , Faccioli P. , Gardini S, Marcazzan G.L. Savoldelli J. Spini M., Terzi V, Valentini M

39

The bee perga-ecological food and valuable protein concentrate of patients suffering  from  android obesity and metabolic syndrome.

Evgeni Petkov

40

Non-authentic enzymes in honey.  

Michal Bednar, Dalibor Titera

41

Identification of aromatic patterns by electronic nose and multivariate analysis of Colombian stingless bee honey.

Consuelo Díaz M, Carlos M. Zuluaga D, Martha C. Quicazán de C

42

Effect of heat on honey volatile compounds. 

Alissandrakis and P. Harizanis.

43

Volatile composition of honeydew honey from different geographical origins by HS-SPME-GC-MS analysis  

Silvia Sponza, Lanfranco Conte, Mojca Korošec, Dražen Lušić, Chlodwig Franz, Johannes Novak

44

Honeydew honeys characterized by their antioxidant activity, flavonoid and polyphenol contents

Rodríguez-Malaver AJ, Sancho MT, Gutiérrez MG,Thrasyvoulou A, Vit P

45

Total flavonoid content of honeys from Burgos (Spain) and its relationship with electrical conductivity  

Fernández-Muiño MA, Sánchez-Susinos E, Cavia MM, Alonso-Torre SR, and Sancho, MT.

46

Comparison of ultrasonic solvent extracts of Salix spp. honeydew and nectar honey

Igor Jerković, Zvonimir Marijanović, Dragan Bubalo, Nikola Kezić

47

Antioxidant activity of honeys from Burgos (Spain) and its relationship with total phenolic content .  

Sancho MT, Sánchez-Susinos E, Alonso-Torre SR, Cavia MM, and Fernandez-Muiño MA.

48

Characterization of Sierra Morena (South Spain) eucalyptus honey  

Rodriguez, I; Serrano, S.; Jodral, M.; Galan, H.; Ubera, J.L.; Vicente,M.; and Carmona, R

49

Characterization of Sierra Morena (South Spain) Echium honey.

Rodriguez, I; Serrano, S.; Jodral, M.; Galan, H.; Ubera, J.L.; Vicente,M.; and Carmona, R.

50

Spanish lavender (Lavandula stoechas) honey features in south Spain.

Ubera, J. Granados,C.; Royo, M.; Rodríguez, I; Serrano, S.; Jodral, M. and Galán, H.

51

Chemical composition of several monofloral Cuban honeys and its correlation with color and their antioxidant capacity.

Alvarez-Suarez J.M , , Romandini S , Giampieri F, Vidal-Novoa A , Battino M

52

Total antioxidant capacity and free radical formation of several Cuban honeys from different floral sources with possible antibacterial activity.

Alvarez-Suarez J.M , , Romandini S , Giampieri F  Vidal-Novoa A , Battino M 

53

Chemometrics and mineral content for the identification of geographical origins of Spanish honeys.

Suárez-Luque S., Mato I, Huidobro JF, Simal-Lozano J, and Sancho MT

54

Identification of botanical origin of honeys by their physicochemical properties and mineral content.

Suárez-Luque S., Mato I, Huidobro JF, Simal-Lozano J, and Sancho MT

55

Determination of physicochemical characteristics of honeys comparing fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and reference methods.

Christina Kast and Verena Kilchenmann 

56

Determination of benzo(a)pyrene in beeswax .

Corredera, L., Bayarri, S., Pérez, C., Lázaro, R., Herrera, A.

57

Identification  of  unknown  colour  in  honey  using  UPLC/TOF and HPLC/MS/MS.  

Robert Germuska, Eva Hrnciarikova, Michaela Vierikova

58

Occurrence of microscopic elements and their relation with the origin of honey

Escuredo O., Seijo M. C. & Chouza M

59

Comparison of Aroma Profile of Turkish and Greek Pine Honey Samples".

Sunay Asli-Elif, Chrysoula Tananaki

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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