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Sociodemographic characteristics and participation of women in meliponiculture from the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Meliponiculture is the breeding of stingless bees (SB) or bees of the Meliponini tribe. In Mexico, this activity was practiced before the arrival of the Spaniards, with the Yucatan Peninsula (YP) (comprising the states of Campeche, Quintana ...
Martínez-Puc JF, Magaña-Magaña MÁ, Cetzal-Ix W, Mendoza-Arroyo GE, Sierra-Vasquez ÁC, Basu SK.   +5 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Engineering economic analysis of meliponiculture in Malaysia considering current market price [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Stingless bees (kelulut) keeping is now a trend in Malaysia. However, since demand for the source of colony in log is increasing, the log price is rapidly increasing.
Ahmad Syazwan Ramli
exaly   +3 more sources

Theoretical model for interdisciplinary analysis of human activities: Meliponiculture as an activity that promotes sustainability [PDF]

Ambiente & Sociedade, 2020
Meliponiculture, which is the rational keeping of stingless bees, has been practiced for centuries by pre-colonial populations and has been gaining adepts in recent years.
Celso Barbieri, Tiago M Francoy
exaly   +5 more sources

The effects of meliponicultural use of Tetragonula laeviceps on other bee pollinators and pollination efficacy of lemon. [PDF]

PeerJ
The augmentation of pollination success in lemon (Citrus limon Eureka) flowers remains contingent on the involvement of bee pollinators. With wild bee pollinator populations declining in agroecosystems, meliponiculture has emerged as a potential option ...
Nurdiansyah MA, Abduh MY, Aos A, Hidayat A, Permana AD.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Metabarcoding in Diet Assessment of Heterotrigona itama Based on trnL Marker towards Domestication Program. [PDF]

Insects, 2021
Honey quality is the main criterion used for evaluating honey production in the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama, and it is correlated with the plant species consumed as its main diet.
Fahimee J, Badrulisham AS, Zulidzham MS, Reward NF, Muzammil N, Jajuli R, Md-Zain BM, Yaakop S.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pollen preferences of stingless bees in the Amazon region and southern highlands of Ecuador by scanning electron microscopy and morphometry. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Stingless bees are effective pollinators of native tropical flora. Their environmental service maintains flow of pollen through pollination, increase reproductive success and influence genetic structure in plants.
Ocaña-Cabrera JS, Liria J, Vizuete K, Cholota-Iza C, Espinoza-Zurita F, Saegerman C, Martin-Solano S, Debut A, Ron-Román J.   +8 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Development of Tools to Understand the Relationship between Good Management Practices and Nest Losses in Meliponiculture: A Pilot Study in Latin American Countries. [PDF]

Insects
Insect pollination services amount to USD 235–577 billion. Seventy five percent of agricultural production for human consumption depends on pollination, mainly by bees.
Ocaña-Cabrera JS, Martin-Solano S, Saegerman C.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Stingless bees: uses and management by meliponiculturist women in the Chaco region of Bolivia. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Background Stingless bees have a great value as main pollinators of wild flowering and cultivated plants, thus playing a fundamental role in the maintenance of biodiversity and food security in Latin America. Despite their importance, stingless bees face
Adler M, Escóbar-Márquez L, Solis-Soto MT, Pinto CF.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Ethno-medicinal uses and cultural importance of stingless bees and their hive products in several ethnic communities of Bhutan. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Background Indigenous and non-indigenous people in subtropical and temperate areas of Bhutan share an intricate relationship with stingless bees for diverse purposes including ethno-medicinal uses. Stingless bees hold significant importance in the realms
Gyeltshen T, Bhatta CP, Gurung T, Dorji P, Tenzin J.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Flight radius and climatic conditions affect the external activity of stingless bee Melipona rufiventris (Lepeletier, 1836) [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023
The objective of this study was to verify the flight radius and the influence of the climatic season and period of the day on the external activity of Melipona rufiventris bees. The forager bees were released at different distances to evaluate the flight
P. V. D. X. Freitas, P. Faquinello, E. Arnhold, D. A. C. Ferro, R. A. C. Ferro, M. L. G. Lacerda, P. R. S. C. Leite, C. M. Silva Neto   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source