COMPARATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN SOME PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF CITRUS, CLOVER AND COTTON HONEY IN KAFR EL-SHEIKH AND BEHEIRA GOVERNORATE

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Honeybee Res. Dept., Plant Protection Res. Institute, ARC, Doki, Giza.

Abstract

Eighteen bee honey samples were collected from two different locations in Egypt, representing the following plant sources: citrus honey (six samples), clover honeys (six samples), cotton honey (six samples) Samples were collected from two different provinces represent each  of them at the first geographic area Kafr El-Sheikh governorate and second  are Beheira. No significant differences between treatment in all Physical, chemical properties and Suger analysis. The mineral analysis showed no significant differences among all treatments except in potassium that was significant, with lowest value (11.050) at Motobes, Kafr- El-Sheikh citrus honey and the highest value 56.1 at  Abou-Elmtamir, Beheira cotton honey.