The honeybee is a product very appreciated, however, of easy adulteration with sugars or boiled musts. Then, it is necessary that it has some analyses for the determination its quality for commercialization. The objective of this work was the physical-chemical analysis of honeybee Apis mellifera and Melipona scutellaris to Brejo and Cariri (Paraíba State) Brazil. With the gotten results, it was observed that the honeybee M. scutellaris presents a bigger water text (25.25% humidity) when compared with the honeybee A. mellifera (18.76%), making difficult its storage, with lower time of shelf life. It had, as reply to the hidroximetilfurfural analyses, higher value for the honey produced in the Cariri when compared with the honey produced in the Brejo, what it can be explained by the difference temperature, of being higher in the Cariri. For the pH values was made as to the significance of the differences between the honeys was gotten, with the honey of the Cariri presenting lower value (3.8). For Total Acidity, the honeybee A. mellifera of the Brejo presented 41.6 meq/kg of honey, while the native honey presented 28.3 meq/kg of honey. For the too much studied parameters it didn't have significant difference between the group. As conclusion the analytical results on the honeys produced indicate a good level of quality both A.mellifera and M. scutellaris. The parameters indicatiing a shelf life of the product were most satisfactory.
apiculture; beehive products; stingless bees
