Honey Collection Research Articles

Scheffé Style Simultaneous Credible Bands for Regression Surfaces with Application to Ache Honey Gathering

We propose two simple, easy-to-implement methods for obtaining simultaneous credible bands in hierarchical models from standard Markov chain Monte Carlo output. The methods generalize Scheffe's (1953) approach to this problem, but in a Bayesian context. A small simulation study is followed by an application of the methods to a seasonal model for Ache honey gathering.

Ефективність використання вуглеводно-білкової підгодівлі для медоносних бджіл

Goal. To determine the effectiveness of carbohydrate-protein feeding, namely: the impact of protein feed (bee pollination) on the development of bee colonies and physiological parameters of bees in the period of its absence or low level of receipt. Methods. Laboratory — to determine the mass of larvae and bees, zootechnical — to account for the growth and strength of the bee family, statistical — for biometric processing of experimental data. Biometric data processing was performed on a PC using MS Excel software. Results. The influence of the use of carbohydrate and protein fertilization on the spring growth of bee colonies and their preparation for the effective use of the honey collection is studied. The expediency of using carbohydrate-protein feeding for the bee colonies to improve the physiological parameters of bees is shown. Conclusions. Carbohydrate protein feeding in the spring significantly affects the growth of bee colonies, allowing them to build strong families before the honey harvest. Carbohydrate-protein feeding of bees in early spring promotes the production of larger larvae, which, in turn, contributes to the production of high-grade bees. The proposed method of feeding bee colonies in the spring in the form of a paste (candy), which includes: powdered sugar, liquid honey, bee pollen, water, is a simple and effective one and can be recommended to increase the number of bees in the spring in preparation for honey harvest. The use of carbohydrate-protein feeding helps to increase the honey productivity of bee colonies and increase the intensity of egg-laying of queen bees. However, carbohydrate-protein feeding makes sense only before the start of the main honey harvest, i.e. in the conditions when there is a lack of bee pollen in the nest.

Estimation of the beekeeping industry during the Great Patriotic War on the example of the Bolsheuchinsky village soviet of the Udmurt ASSR

Based on archival documents Of the Central state archive of the UR, the analysis of the state of beekeeping in the Udmurt ASSR was carried out on the example of Bolsheuchisnky village Council – one of the largest and steadily developing village councils. It was determined that flax and buckwheat were sown as one of the main honey crops. Cannabis crops also occupied a small area. Statistical archive data on the area of legume crops sown on farms of Bolsheuchinsky agricultural district showed that during the second world war there was a 3.8-fold decrease in sown areas. There is a deterioration in the agronomic level, which has affected the level of agricultural production. In a number of collective farms were low yields, increased infestation of fields, there were large losses during harvesting. The reduction of crops was also due to natural and climatic complications. In 1942, the maximum amount of honey (1.4% of the collected amount) was allocated under the expenditure item "to the homeland defense Fund". In the years of the second world war, the item of expenditure on production needs averaged 15%, with the exception of 1944 – 0.2%. Throughout the second world war, honey was distributed to the Fund for assistance to the needy (disabled people and children). creches). During the war period, with an almost stable number of bee colonies in the studied farms, the amount of honey obtained during the studied years was unstable. The minimum peak of honey collection was in 1944 – 181.37 kg due to the cold summer (the average monthly temperature of the summer months was 15-16°C). Probably, this stage of development of beekeeping during the second world war was a kind of test for the strength of both the system of labor organization in the apiary and the professionalism of beekeepers who passed all the tests with "excellent".

How Managing for Chestnut Honey in Turkey Salvages Trees and Lifeways under Increasing Exotic Pest and Disease Pressure

We utilize a dataset generated by 17 months of fieldwork, including tree health surveys and ethnobotanical questionnaires, to explore a participant-generated hypothesis that coppiced-tree honey collection is eclipsing nut collection as a strategy for the maintenance of chestnut landscapes in the face of increasingly severe pest and disease pressure. We explore this local hypothesis through quantitative analysis of a combined geographic, physiological, and ethnobotanical dataset. We verify participants’ hypothesis and forecast relative success for their projected silvicultural strategy based on outcomes from other contexts. Our findings contribute to emerging consensus in mobility ethnobotany and core flora studies that the increase in importance of plant medicinal value occurs under conditions of rapid change and that valued species enjoy heightened ecological protection in new environments. Further, we highlight the importance of “thinking with” the tension of indigeneity and adaptations required to survive extreme and ubiquitous environmental change, including migration and ecological alteration.

Indigenous knowledge of ground-nesting stingless bees in southwestern Ethiopia

While Ethiopia has six species of stingless bees, indigenous knowledge of them has not been well documented. In southwestern Ethiopia, we documented the Sheka community’s knowledge of stingless bees. We used the snowball sampling technique to locate 60 experienced honey collectors, conducted semi-structured interviews, and complemented interviews with field observations during honey collection trips with interviewees. Given the scarcity of aboveground nesting stingless bees, honey collectors only collected honey from stingless bees nesting belowground. The average age of the honey collectors was 43 years, but there was much variation in both age and the number of years of experience, indicating that the tradition is handed down between generations. To find the underground nests in the field, honey collectors used several methods, including directly observing nest entrances and worker bee movement, attaching a thread to the worker bee, and listening for the humming sound of the bee’s natural enemy (wasp). Wild nests were always harvested destructively. A single farmer kept ground-nesting stingless bee colonies at his backyard using uniquely tailored wooden hives. Collected honey was used for home consumption, disease treatment, and the generation of income. Our findings illustrate the Sheka community’s deep indigenous knowledge of ground-nesting stingless bees. To facilitate the establishment of stingless bee beekeeping (meliponiculture) in the study area, we may build upon this indigenous knowledge by field research on the biology of stingless bees, taxonomic studies to assess the diversity and identity of ground-nesting stingless bees, and engineering studies to develop beekeeping practices. Together, this may allow for better income for local farmers and avoid the risk of overexploitation of wild stingless bee nests.

Honey flora of forest plant community

The honey flora of the forest plant community is an important forage resource for the development of beekeeping. That’s why it is desirable to assess species composition and total number of honey plants and to determine the honey reserve of the area of the forest community plant. The forest cover of the Orel region is 9.3%, and this cover is distributed on its territory very irregularly. 257 species out of the total number of honey plants in the region are found in the forests. Deciduous forests are dominant in the Orel region including oak, ash, linden, birch and aspen. The results of studies of flowering plants in the forest plant community showed that there is a sufficient number of honey plants in the forest to provide bee families with nectar from spring to late autumn due to the natural flower-nectar conveyor. The assessment of the honey stock of this community shows that the stock equals 4,872 tons from 203 thousand hectares of forest. And bees can sip only about 30% (1,626 tons). It proves that significant honey reserves are concentrated in the forest plant community of the Orel region. The rational use of these reserves will help to solve the problem of reproduction of new bee families of the aboriginal Central Russian breed and to organize a long honey gathering by bees that provide people of the region with honey.

The spread of bee diseases in the Udmurt Republic depending on territorial characteristics and climatic conditions

In the Udmurt Republic, the climate has undergone significant changes from 2015 to present day. In 2020, 4,094 apiaries were registered on the territory of the Udmurt Republic. The certification rate of apiaries remains low and averages 16.3%. The most common bee diseases, which often cause chronic distress, are varroosis, nosematosis, and acarapidosis. The number of samples for the study over 10 years has decreased by 4.9 times, which worsens the quality of diagnosis and monitoring of infections in bees. In this regard, in reality, the percentage of damage to bees by pathogens causing invasive and infectious diseases is much higher. During the last decade, bee acarapidosis and ascospherosis have been observed mainly in the northern and southern regions of the Udmurt Republic and represent a chronic problem. The maximum rise in morbidity is observed during periods with a low of honey gathering or during droughts or rainy seasons when bees visit neighboring hives. Nosematosis and varroosis are found throughout the territory of the Udmurt Republic, with the maximum increase in the extensiveness of infestation from 2012 to 2018. During this period, the weather conditions were distinguished by the most unstable deviations, both in temperature and humidity parameters in the summer and winter/spring periods.

Influence of weather conditions on the honey productivity of bee colonies in the Valdai district of the Novgorod region

The article discusses the natural climatic factors affecting the yield of nectar from plants and the collection of nectar by honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the Valdai district of the Novgorod region of the Russian Federation. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of air temperature and rainfall on the honey flow in the climatic conditions of North-West Russia. The meteorological observations in the main flow period were collected and analyzed during two years. The relationship between weather conditions and bees honey productivity is established. In the course of the work, the key role of air temperature and rainfall in the intensity of honey collection was confirmed. Optimum weather conditions have been established for nectar production and its collection by bees in the study area.

Peculiarities of bee breeding influence in mixed form of infectious diseases with varroatosis in the conditions of greenhouse of bees

The article presents data on our study of the epizootiological situation in apiaries with a mixed form of bee diseases in greenhouses of farms in Sumy region. The data showed that of the previously identified infectious diseases of bees, which are one of the most common in the world – it's actually 4–5 major diseases, of which we studied American rot and ascospherosis, which are manifested in a mixed form with varroasis. Effective control of infectious diseases and early preventive work by a beekeeper in apiaries is a guarantee of a prepared strong bee family both for honey collection and preparation of a bee nest for wintering. Earlier, we conducted a study to monitor the epizootic situation of mixed infectious diseases of bees in the north – eastern region of Ukraine, where a large part of the epizootic was due to ascospherosis American and European rot in field work of bees. But in greenhouse conditions, where high humidity and crowding of bees increases the likelihood of damage by both American rot and ascospherosis. Given these factors, there was a suspicion of a synergistic effect of contamination of bee colonies with the above diseases indoors, damp and isolated. Which led us to the necessary detailed study of these diseases in the greenhouse of bee colonies in the Sumy region in the winter – spring periods of 2020. When examining some samples of printed brood, it was found that, with a strong degree of invasion of varroasis, favorable conditions were created for the accumulation of purulent mass at a sufficiently high level when Bac resistance. Larvae White increased to adverse factors and allowed to affect both weakened and healthy larvae, and with low resistance to developing bees associated with extreme greenhouse conditions and the presence of varroa mites, can sometimes affect bee pupae. After analyzing the results of research, we found that varroa mites contribute to the high development of American rot and ascospherosis in all its forms and witness the role of varroa mites as a factor influencing the intensity of the infectious process in closed and open brood of bee nests.

Вплив структури гнізда і віку бджолиної матки на заготівлю бджолами білкового корму

Goal. To study the influence of the structure of the bee family nest and the age of the bee queen on the flight-collecting activity of bees during the preparation of protein feed. Methods. Laboratory, zootechnical (strength of the bee family) and statistical (mathematical processing). Results. The position on the relationship between the entry of pollination into the bee family and the different age of the brood and the age of the bee queen is substantiated. The age of the bee queen, open brood and indicators of bee pollination activity are directly related: the younger the bee queen and the greater the number of open brood, the higher the harvesting activity, the more bee pollen is collected. Conclusions. Increased collection of bee pollen is provided by the use of queen bees in bee colonies for no more than two bee-keeping seasons. Timely change of queen bees, as well as building and maintaining the strength of bee colonies are the main zootechnical measures to maintain optimal life of bees and get the maximum amount of products from them. Bee queens should not be changed or replaced during honey collection or harvesting. It is better to replace the queen bees before the main honey harvest so that the bee colony already has a fertile bee queen before it starts. Taking into account the dynamics of the use of bees in the harvesting bee pollen, the replacement of queen bees should be carried out only in view of the reserves of protein feed (perga) in the nests of bee colonies and specific terrain with plants that provide bees with pollen.

Valuing ecosystem services of Sundarbans Mangrove forest: Approach of choice experiment

This study examines the marginal willingness-to-pay (MWTP) and compensating surplus (CS) in response to the policy change of ecosystem services of Sundarbans based on focus group discussion (FGD) and survey. The choice experiment approach (CE) was conducted in seven villages of Sundarbans of Bangladesh to elicit stated preference data and measure MWTP and CS. Each respondent faced three options in every choice card-two hypothetical alternatives and one status quo scheme. Four ecosystem services-payment for ecosystem services, fish, shrimp larvae, and crab capture from canals and creeks, leaves, grasses and twigs collection, and fruits and honey collection are used to design choice cards. The findings suggest that age, income, education, family composition, and occupational status are the influential factors to choice the relevant attributes of ecosystem services. Respondents would like to pay more Tk. 0.015 in option 1, Tk. 0.086 in option 2 and Tk. 0.329 in option 3 for ecosystem services. With these MWTP, they get more surplus-Tk. 0.551 in option 3. The subsequent surplus will be estimated Tk. 0.105 in option 2 and Tk. 0.078 in option 1. The lower MWTP does not necessarily imply low demand for ecosystem services, as the findings from MWTP illustrate potential demand for ecosystem services of Sundarbans.

Influence of adaptogens on some physiological indicators of bee colonies

The ability of the body to resist the impact of negative environmental factors, the impact of pathogens that bear the signs of someone else’s genetic information have been proven by many researchers. The main task of the body is to maintain homeostasis of the internal environment. In honeybees protective reactions include cellular and humoral immunity. The difference between insect immunity is the absence of a specific reaction characteristic of vertebrates, an antigen-antibody. The covers of the body wall, intestines and trachea are mechanical protection against the penetration of foreign organisms from the environment into the body cavity of the bee. If foreign objects get into the hemolymph they will become a target for cellular and humoral factors of the body’s defense system. It has been shown by studies that the inclusion of sugar syrup with Apinic drug in the composition of stimulating top dressing allows to increase the flight activity of bees, while increasing the amount of pollen brought by bees, increasing the load of nectar goiter, and improving hemolymph indicators, which in turn provide non-specific cellular immunity. At the same time, the indicators of flight activity and honey crop loads that provide economically useful traits were 2,2 and 2,5 times higher compared to the control group. The level of fl ight activity at the main honey collection was higher, compared to the same indicator recorded at the supporting honey collection. In accordance with the type of honey collection, the levels of load by the nectar honey goiter in worker bees arriving in the hive diff er. Thus, the maximum level of filling of the honey goiter with nectar has been registered on both types of honey collection in honeybees from the 3rd experimental group, where propolis extract has been used as an immunomodulator as part of the honey additive. Worker bees from the 3rd experimental group have been characterized by higher levels of both the volume of circulating hemolymph and the content of hemocytes and the amino acid proline in it.

Atividade antimicrobiana e toxicidade dos méis das abelhas sem ferrão Melipona rufiventris e Melipona fasciculata: uma revisão

Objetivo: Caracterizar a importância das abelhas sem ferrão e os estudos de atividade antimicrobiana e toxicidade de méis de Melipona rufiventris e Melipona fasciculata. Metodologia: Foi realizado revisão bibliográfica nas bases de dados: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciElo), Google Acadêmico e PubMed. Sendo selecionados artigos, monografias, dissertações e teses, datados entre 2005 a 2020, nos idiomas inglês, português e espanhol. A busca foi realizada por meio dos descritores: mel, toxicidade, agentes antimicrobianos, Melipona rufiventris e Melipona fasciculata. E os artigos duplicados, incompletos foram excluídos da pesquisa. Resultados: Alguns estudos especificam a atividade antimicrobiana dos méis a determinadas substâncias, citando o peróxido de hidrogênio, metil-glioxal, hidroximetilfurfural, ácidos fenólicos, flavonóides e defensinas, como principais agentes antibacteriano e antifúngico. Em relação ao potencial tóxico, faz alusão de que os equipamentos utilizados para a coleta e o manejo do mel são considerados as principais fontes de contaminação por microrganismos patogênicos, aumentando consideravelmente o perfil microbiológico. Conclusão: Para as atividades antimicrobianas e antifúngicas, deve-se, que são geralmente associadas a substâncias como o peróxido de hidrogênio, metil-glioxal, hidroximetilfurfural, ácidos fenólicos, flavonóides e defensinas. Além disso, as evidências acerca do potencial tóxico desse produto estão relacionadas às fontes de contaminação por microrganismos patogênicos.

ИСТОКИ РЕСТОРАННОГО БИЗНЕСА В ПЕТРОВСКУЮ ЭПОХУ: ИСТОРИОГРАФИЧЕСКИЙ ОБЗОР МАТЕРИАЛОВ УФИМСКОЙ ПРОВИНЦИИ

This article examines the specifics of the distribution of the drinking industry in the Ufa province during the reign of Peter 1. Difficulties in the development of distilling and alcohol business in this territory are associated with the religious traditions of the local population, the Bashkirs, as well as with the patrimonial right to own land of the indigenous population and the predominance of nomadic lifestyle. As a result, on the one hand, the Bashkirs as Muslims in every possible way opposed the emergence of drinking establishments and the spread of alcoholic beverages in the Ufa province, on the other hand, poorly developed agriculture did not contribute to the procurement of a sufficient volume of raw materials for the production of bread wine in this territory. Under Peter I, an attempt was made to influence the patrimonial right of the Bashkirs by increasing the list of fees and duties from the Bashkir population, as a result of which the Bashkir uprising of 1704–1711 was provoked. The result of the suppression of this uprising was to abolish the tax privileges of the Bashkirs, active agricultural development and large-scale peasant colonization of the territory. However, as a result of the clashes, the estates of the Ufa nobles began to decline, more than a third of the landowners’ villages were deserted, the number of peasants in the region was almost halved. Separately, the article discusses drinking fees, the infrastructure for managing government fees and duties in the Ufa province. Thus, in the course of the study, it was found that the basis of the region’s drinking profit was «honey collection from wine sales», that is, the most affordable alcoholic drink in Bashkiria was honey. At the same time, the grain raw materials necessary for distilling remained in short supply, which is why distilling continued to develop at a slow pace. It was also found that, despite the emergence of new categories of establishments in St. Petersburg, there were no changes in the outlying provinces, including in the Ufa province, and the number of taverns in the region remained the same.

ТРАДИЦІЙНЕ БДЖІЛЬНИЦТВО УКРАЇНЦІВ БОЙКІВЩИНИ: ВИРОБНИЧО-ТЕХНОЛОГІЧНИЙ АСПЕК

The article is the first attempt to outline the main features of the economic and production complex of traditional Boykos beekeeping as a significant segment of Ukrainian ethnic culture on the basis of materials of own field searches and literature and museum sources. Subjects of our research are processes, which creates technology culture of apiculture of Ukrainians in Boykos region and artefacts as the result of them (apiary arrangement, bee keeping, receiving of honey and their application, types of beehives and features of their design, types of beekeeper equipment). The important role of types and designs of traditional frame hives (logs, hollows, straw baskets) and modified rational dwellings for bees (Slavs, Ukrainian beds, Dadans) is emphasized. It is established that with the development of modern beekeeping (late XIXth – early XXth century), traditional pre-beehives began to give way to local frame modified housing for bees, as more rational for insect life and beekeeping. The significant value in the process of optimization of care of bees is played by apiary accessories – protective face nets, chimneys, pumps, robes, honeycombs. The process of obtaining bee products is considered, in particular technological methods of honey harvesting, depending on the type of beehives. Obtaining honey and the feasibility of its economic use was dictated by the appropriate technological methods of honey collection in collapsible and non-collapsible hives, time and conditions of storage of sweet product. After analyze the significant number of ethnographical field and sporadic bibliographical sources the historical roots and prevalence are proved and the regional specifics of beekeeping as a traditional economic occupation of boykos are clarified.

Business Ecosystems as the Approach to Create Value and Appropriate Value for Small Firms in Emerging Markets

How can firms with limited scope and scale compete to create value and appropriate value beyond their existing business? Firms in the beekeeping industry in Tanzania, beekeepers, in particular, have failed to create sufficient value and appropriate a sizable value as they have limited financial resources to invest. The business ecosystem approach indicates that firms can jointly create value that can capture sizable value through the ecosystem's resources. In the beekeeping industry, the ecosystem should be structured around the honey collection center and its efficiency depends on productivity, lock-in, channel management, complementarity, and the position and activities of actors. Firms' ability to successfully create value and capture value depends on the ability to team up with partners with complementary assets and skills in an industry architecture. Value creation and value appropriation cannot materialize if partners are not committed and willing to work together on long term bases.

The Role of Linked Social-Ecological Systems in a Mobile Agent-Based Ecosystem Service from Giant Honey Bees (Apis dorsata) in an Indigenous Community Forest in Palawan, Philippines

In an indigenous forest community in Palawan, Philippines, honey gathering from the giant honey bee (Apis dorsata) is a traditional subsistence practice. We characterize the social-ecological dynamics of giant honey bees with indigenous peoples of Tagbanua ethnicity using the mobile agent-based ecosystem service (MABES) framework. Chemical and pollen analysis conducted on honey samples generated data on the ecological features of this linked social-ecological system. These were supplemented by 251 household surveys and key informant interviews with institutional representatives to identify the social and institutional features of the system. Honey samples analyzed for pollen showed a total of 11 different plant families and did not have any traces of pesticide residue. The majority of households interviewed use honey as food, medicine, and a saleable commodity. A small percentage of households use fertilizers and pesticides known to be harmful to bees. Institutions have different knowledge strengths that can be tapped through a transdisciplinary approach. As the scale of production and delivery of MABES is distinctly a product of the mobility of service-delivering organisms, we recommend using a landscape approach with a focus on maintaining the quality of both the local environment and landscapes around the site of ES delivery.

Risk of Forest Fire in Uva Province of Sri Lanka

The forest fire is influenced by both natural and human factors. Previous studies proved that most of the forest fires are caused by human factors in Sri Lanka. The increasing trend of temperature, dry spells and less rainfall and humidity might be the triggering factors for spreading the forest fire. The objective of this research is to examine the causes of forest fire in Badulla and Moneragala districts of the Uva province in Sri Lanka and to examine the measures that can be taken to minimise it. Apart from the secondary data the primary data was obtained through questionnaire survey and focused group interviews. The questionnaire survey has been conducted for Haldummulla and Ella DS divisions from Badulla district, and Moneragala, Wellawaya, and Buttala DS divisions from Moneragala district. 30 households have been surveyed from the random sampling. 93% respondents stated that the forest fire occurs from June to September and with the peak in August. The high temperature, less rainfall and the low humidity are recorded in this month. During this period entire area of Uva province get dry due to the inverse direction of the monsoon rainfall. Dry mix evergreen and sub mountain forests are predominant in this area. 87% respondents stated that forest fire is purposely done for hunting purposes. Animals such as bulls, rabbits, deer, and pheasants are targeted by hunters. Some wild animals come to eat the ashes after burn the forest. People set up the animal-traps to capture animals when they fire the forest. 26% said that forest fire is done for making “jungle-based feedings” for cattle herds. They expect fresh grass to bloom in the rainy season by setting fires in the dry season. Burning of degraded forests for shifting cultivation and Bee honey collection are the other reasons. They put smoke to remove flies, but after collecting beehive they drop the firing stuffs in the forest. Forest fires rarely pose any threat to human life or property. Environmental damage and economic losses caused by forest fires might be greater in many forms. When a forest fire occurs, the Forest department and Disaster management centre send the SMS message to aware the community. The notice boards with essential information are set-up in the forest fire sensitive areas. There is a model village in Sadinnawala, demonstrating the fire breaks such as (Green belts; corridors with Hana trees) and (Mix belts; corridors without and with floras) as Buffer zones to minimise the forest fires. Theses barricades are maintained by the Forest Department with the support of the village community. Keywords: Forest fire, Human factors, Risk, Green belt, Model village

ASSESSMENT OF HONEYBEE DRONES BREED IN THE CHUVASH REPUBLIC

One of the most important aspects of endemic populations conservation of modern honeybee breeds of is study in the field of drones morphological features identification in the apiaries, as the assessment of Queen bees’ purity breed and the potential for recovery of the populations. In this regard, studies of the honeybee drones’ breed in the Chuvash Republic (Chuvashia) are relevant and have scientific and prac-tical value. The raw material was a sample collection of drones (126000 pcs. from 4200 of the bee fami-lies) from 21 districts, which are covering all natural honey gathering zones of the Chuvash Republic: forest-steppe, forest and steppe. Three characteristics are identified: colour of the hairs on a scale of Gotze, cubital index and the length of the proboscis. The binocular microscope MBS-10 was used in the work. In the process of research, biogenetic potential of the Chuvash population of Central Russian breed (Apis mellifera mellifera) is established, in the conditions of hybridization, with the observed trend of an annual increase. Five subpopulation structures or administrative districts (Morgaushsky, Kras-noarmeysky, Krasnochetaysky, Shumerlinsky and Batyrevsky) are registered, where, the territory of "pure" breeding is stored and gradually created thanks to the selection-breeding works. The obtained re-sults prove the effectiveness of implemented local and regional programs and activities of breeding and distribution of Central Russian breed bees in the Chuvash Republic.

The causal agent of anthracnose in papaya fruit and control by three different Malaysian stingless bee honeys, and the chemical profile

Anthracnose is a fungal disease that leads to a serious quality problem on a wide range of fresh produce. The current study attempted to investigate the potential of antifungal activity in Malaysian stingless bee or kelulut honey (KH) against anthracnose disease in papaya. KH was obtained from bee honey collectors from three different regions in Malaysia i.e Selangor, Kelantan and Sarawak. The screening for antifungal activity was performed via poison agar method using in vitro and in vivo assays against postharvest fungus Colletotrichum sp. The presence of the fungus was detected and confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as well as a morphological technique. Results indicated 15% concentration of KH exhibited potent inhibitory effects and suppressed the mycelial growth of Colletotrichum sp. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis revealed the rupture of the spores of fungus treated with 15% concentration of KH solution and degradation of hyphal growth.Further study was conducted on the KH solution for the detection of phenolic and flavonoid compounds by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a diode array detector. Results demonstrated that all of the samples contained gallic acid, coumaric acid, ferulic acid, and salicylic acid as phenolics compounds while naringenin and kaempferol as flavonoid compounds, which could contribute to the antifungal potential.