Pollen analysis of Kelulut's honey collected from different location in Selangor

Honey produced in developing countries is generally less expensive than honey produced in developed countries. This cause some beekeepers illegally feeding the bee with artificial sweetener which led the adulteration of honey and purposely mislabeling the floral or geographical origin of honey. This study conducting pollen analysis of 20 Kelulut honey sample that collected from different location in Selangor include Hulu Langat, Shah Alm, Rawang, Batang Berjuntai, Petaling Jaya and Bangi. This present study focused to determine the botanical source of collected honey. Hence, the objective was to study the pollen amount of collected honey and identify type of pollen by studying their morphology and characteristics. The honey samples were acetolyzed and identified under microscope. 55 types of pollen were identified from 30 plant families. From the analysis, 10 honey samples were classified as unifloral and the rest were multifloral. Pollen analysis or melissopalynology is a useful method for settling the botanical and origin sources of honey samples besides it acts on to reveal the species of flower from which the honeybees gathered nectar.