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ORZAEZ VILLANUEVA, Mª.T; DE FRUTOS PRIETO, A; TELLEZ GONZALEZ, M  e  BLAZQUEZ ABELLAN, G. Hábitos de consumo de productos apícolas en un colectivo de ancianos. ALAN [online]. 2002, vol.52, n.4, pp.362-367. ISSN 0004-0622.

Consumption habits of apiary products in an elder collective. The aim of this study was to analyse the consumption habits of bee products such as: honey, bee pollen, royal jelly and propolis in the elderly of different places of Spain. Honey is an energetic food of its own, and it can also help to overcome several diseases; due to its components that have a beneficial effect in our health. These facts turn honey into a valuable constituent of one´s nutrition specially in ancient people. This report demonstrates the knowledge and consumption habits of these persons. Date came from a quetionnaire about preferences, places where they buy these products, time and amount of consumption, knowledge of the quality of these products, etc. The results suggest that the vast majority of the people inquired are regular consumers of honey and we also would like to underline the high rate of knowledge of its nutritional value and its medicinal qualities. However, most of the elderly inquired do not know about other apiary´products such as bee propolis.

Palavras-chave : Honey; bee pollen; royal jelly; bee propolis; apiary´products; consumption habits.