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Rural women’s participation in wild honey hunting and associated income, dietary diversity, and food insecurity implications: Evidence from South Africa

Cogent Economics and Finance, 2023
Wild raw honey hunting and consumption is very popular among rural communities in South Africa as a source of income and food for households. Although men traditionally dominate wild honey hunting, in recent years participation of women has increased ...
Derick N Forbanka
exaly   +4 more sources

Awer Honey-Hunting Culture With Greater Honeyguides in Coastal Kenya

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
The remarkable mutualism between humans and greater honeyguides (Indicator indicator) is known still to thrive in only a few places in Africa. Here, we report on the honey-hunting culture of the marginalised Awer people in Kenya, historically a hunter ...
Jessica Eva Megan van der Wal, Claire N. Spottiswoode   +1 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Predatory behavior, nesting habits, and impacts on honey bees (Apis mellifera) of an invasive hornet (Vespa tropica) on the island of Guam. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Hornets (genus Vespa) are a conspicuous taxon of large eusocial wasps that are predators of other insects. Increasingly, hornets are gaining notoriety as damaging invaders after repeated introductions into novel habitats.
Christopher A Rosario, Gard W Otis, Ross H Miller, Arianna A Groover-Landis, Ella S Stanley, Heather R Mattila   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Multidimensional Optimal Power Flow with Voltage Profile Enhancement in Electrical Systems via Honey Badger Algorithm [PDF]

Biomimetics
This study introduces an innovative Honey Badger Optimization (HBO) designed to address the Optimal Power Flow (OPF) challenge in electrical power systems. HBO is a unique population-based searching method inspired by the resourceful foraging behavior of
Sultan Hassan Hakmi, Hashim Alnami, Badr M. Al Faiya, Ghareeb Moustafa   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Recreational honey-hunting with honeyguides in the Kingdom of Eswatini. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
In parts of Africa, people and greater honeyguide birds (Indicator indicator) cooperate to access bees’ nests, from which humans harvest honey and honeyguides consume wax.
Nhlabatsi SO, Dlamini GS, Ngcamphalala CA, van der Wal JEM.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Current Status, Challenges, and Perspectives in the Conservation of Native Honeybees and Beekeeping in Cambodia [PDF]

Insects
The four honeybee species native to Cambodia—Apis dorsata, Apis cerana, Apis florea, and Apis andreniformis—play a vital role in ecosystem health and agricultural productivity through their pollination activities.
Eric Guerin, Chhouk Chheang, Chainarong Sinpoo, Korrawat Attasopa, Nuttapol Noirungsee, Huoqing Zheng, Tial C. Ling, Patcharin Phokasem, Terd Disayathanoowat   +8 more
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A Honey Badger Optimization for Minimizing the Pollutant Environmental Emissions-Based Economic Dispatch Model Integrating Combined Heat and Power Units

Energies, 2022
Traditionally, the Economic Dispatch Model (EDM) integrating Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units aims to reduce fuel costs by managing power-only, CHP, and heat-only units.
Ragab El-Sehiemy, Abdullah Shaheen, Ahmed Ginidi, Mostafa Elhosseini   +3 more
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A Novel Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithm: Grizzly Bear Fat Increase Optimizer [PDF]

Biomimetics
This paper introduces a novel nature-inspired optimization algorithm called the Grizzly Bear Fat Increase Optimizer (GBFIO). The GBFIO algorithm mimics the natural behavior of grizzly bears as they accumulate body fat in preparation for winter, drawing ...
Moslem Dehghani, Mokhtar Aly, Jose Rodriguez, Ehsan Sheybani, Giti Javidi   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ecological changes and local knowledge in a giant honey bee (Apis dorsata F.) hunting community in Palawan, Philippines

Ambio, 2018
Christian Borgemeister, Denise Margaret Matias, Henrik von Wehrden   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

குறிஞ்சி நில மக்களின் வேளாண்மையும் உணவும் / Agriculture and Food of Kurinji Land People [PDF]

Chenkaantal, 2023
People adapt their lifestyles to the environment in which they live. It is a natural sequence of events that has been going on since ancient times till today.
அ. உமாமகேஸ்வரி / A. Uma Mageswari
doaj   +1 more source