Category
Discovery collections
Capabilities
The Honey Sample Archive comprises: (a) A worldwide collection of 1,605 honey samples from 90 countries between 1997 and 2017, including 144 samples from the UK, for which bee food plants have been determined by pollen analysis (melissopalynology); (b) Honey samples collected by the UK National Honey Monitoring Scheme from 2018 onwards (between 800-1000 samples per year), for which bee food plants have been determined by DNA barcoding. Each honey sample is a geo-located time capsule of the status of floral resources, bee health, diseases and pesticide residues for a given location and date.
Lifecycle
The Honey Sample Archive holds UK and worldwide samples collected since 1997, plus samples collected by the UK National Honey Monitoring Scheme from 2018 onwards.
Uniqueness
The Honey Sample Archive is globally unique and irreplaceable as a record of the status of floral resources, bee health, diseases and pesticide residues for specific locations and dates across the UK and worldwide.
Access
See National Honey Monitoring Scheme.
Location
See National Honey Monitoring Scheme.
Funding sources
See National Honey Monitoring Scheme.
Users
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See National Honey Monitoring Scheme.
Last updated
28 April 2022 13:27
