Honey is the sweet viscous substance elaborated by the honey bee from the nectar of floral plants. It is produced in almost every country of the world and is a very important energy food, used as an ingredient in hundreds of manufactured foods, mainly in cereal based products, for sweetness, flavor, color, caramelization and viscosity. An important role in establishing the authenticity, the origin and quality of honey is held by the microscopic analysis of pollen at the origin of each honey variety. There are several criteria that help identify pollen grains and therefore find the plant of origin:The exine structure and markings;The shape of pollen grains;The colour of pollen grains;The size of pollen grains;The density of pollen grains;The percentage of pollen grains specific to monofloral honey.

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