POLLEN ANALYSIS OF THE HONEY FROM SOUTH ANATOLIA

For pollen analysis, 19 honey samples were collected from different localities in Ere？li, Karap？nar, Ayranc？ and Uluk？？la regions of Konya, Karaman and Uluk？？la, respectively, in November 2015. All investigated honey samples were multifloral because they contained secondary and minor pollen groups. The dominant group of pollen grains were determined as the families of Fabaceae in 2 samples and Scrophulariaceae in 5 other samples, Helianthus annuus in 1 sample and Zea mays in 1 sample. Secondary pollen groups consisted of the families of Amaranthaceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae, Rosaceae, Scrophulariaceae and genera of Centaurea, Cistus, Eucalyptus and Linaria. Pollen of 55 plant taxa were identified in examined honey samples of which 21 were classified on the family level, 30 were on the genera level, 1 was on the tribe level and 3 were on the species level. The total number of pollen (TPN-10) in 10 grams of honey ranged from 332 to 42496. According to the results of the TPN-10 analysis in honey samples, 3 samples were normal and others were poor. The taxa of Zea mays, Cistus, Poaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Amaranthaceae were found in pollen sources. Helianthus annuus and Brassicaceae were found in nectar sources. Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Eucalyptus, Centaurea were found in nectar and pollen sources and were identified in the honey