Infrared Spectroscopy as a Valuable Tool for the Analysis of Honey Bee Plant-Derived Products

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The importance of honey has been recently promoted due to its nutritional,<br&gt;pharmaceutical and therapeutical characteristics. In recent years, the combination of&lt;br&gt;novel and rapid instrumental techniques based on infrared spectroscopy [mid infrared&lt;br&gt;(MIR), near infrared (NIR)] combined with multivariate data analysis has resulted in&lt;br&gt;the development of both qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis of honey&lt;br&gt;and bee products. The most important applications of these technologies in honey have&lt;br&gt;been associated with authenticity, discrimination or traceability issues. However, few&lt;br&gt;reports can be found on the use of both NIR and MIR to quantitatively analyse honey&lt;br&gt;composition and less information is available for the analysis of other bee products.<br&gt;This chapter aims to describe and discuss different applications on the use of NIR and&lt;br&gt;MIR spectroscopies to analyse honey, pollen and bee derived products. A brief&lt;br&gt;description of some qualitative applications will be also discussed.<br&gt;<br&gt;