Pollen analysis of honeys from Ardahan/Turkey
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2017
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The pollen which contents of eleven samples of honey from different localities of the province Ardahan, (Northeast Anatolia) are examined. The examples have the pollen grains of 23 different taxa from 13 families. The number 2 have the most abundant pollen content (7890 pollen grains; 20.07 %); the number 4 (6480 pollen grains; 16.51%), and the number 3 (6346 pollen grains; 16.14%). On the other hand, we also observed the taxa richness in honey samples: The number 2 contains pollen grains from 23 different taxa, the number 4 has 22 taxa and the number 5 has 21 taxa. When we examined the plant groups; it emerged thatAstragalus spp. (14019 grains), Apiacaee (7050 grains) Brassicaceae (6379 grains)’dir. Astragalus spp, Apiaceae and Brassicaceae pollen grains are seconder, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae pollen grains are minor, pollen grains of the 18 taxa are in trace quantities. All of the samples are multifloral.