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Beekeeping improves shea pollination and fruit set in West African agroforestry parklands

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 5, Issue 2, April/June 2024.
The establishment of apiaries in shea parklands enhances bee visits to shea flowers but the positive effect of beekeeping on pollination and fruit set is dependent on tree proximity to the apiary. Abstract Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) is a fruit tree of domestic and industrial importance in arid and semi‐arid regions of Sub‐Saharan Africa ...
Latif Iddrisu Nasare, Jane C. Stout, Peter Kofi Kwapong   +2 more
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Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being [PDF]

, 2016
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values, as well as the maintenance of wider biodiversity and ecosystem stability.
A Holzschuh, A Pauw, A Sáez, A Tehel, A Traveset, A Van Geert, AB Jull, Adam J. Vanbergen, AJ Vanbergen, AM Jönsson, AM Klein, AV Lopes, BA Woodcock, BR Blaauw, C Carvell, C Hanna, C Kremen, C Padoch, C Polce, CE Aslan, CL Morales, CM Kennedy, D Gabriel, D Senapathi, D Zizumbo-Villarreal, DA Andow, DA Bohan, DA Stanley, DC Cook, DM Bauer, E Arias-Cóyotl, E Collison, E Gómez-Baggethun, EA Frimpong, G Ekström, G Ekström, GKS Andersson, H Waddington, HCJ Godfray, HCJ Godfray, Hien T. Ngo, I Bartomeus, I Burton, I Dohzono, I Koh, I-C Chen, J Ollerton, J Scheper, J Scheper, J Settele, Jacobus C. Biesmeijer, JC Biesmeijer, JD van der Ploeg, JJ Lever, JJG Quezada-Euán, JL Hernandez, Josef Settele, JP van der Sluijs, JT Kerr, L Wilfert, LA Burkle, LA Garibaldi, LA Garibaldi, LA Garibaldi, LA Morandin, LC Ponisio, LG Carvalheiro, Lucas A. Garibaldi, LW Pisa, Lynn V. Dicks, M Barzman, M Baude, M Marvier, M Rundlöf, MA Aizen, MA Aizen, MA Aizen, MA Altieri, MA Fürst, Marcelo A. Aizen, MC Gavin, MG Park, MK Schneider, ML Forister, MR Smith, MS Warren, N Gallai, N Hanley, O Schweiger, P Barfoot, P Cross, P Neumann, PR Steward, R Bommarco, R Chaplin-Kramer, RF Pywell, RFA Moritz, RJ Gill, RJ Gill, Rosemary Hill, S Lautenbach, SA Cameron, SA Rehel, SG Potts, SG Potts, Simon G. Potts, SJ Hegland, SL Tuck, TC Giannini, TD Breeze, Thomas D. Breeze, U Kormann, V Mommaerts, Vera Imperatriz-Fonseca, W Hunter, X Junge, Y Lu, Å Berg   +117 more
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Enhancing capacity and empowering local communities live inside Thirty Hills National Park, Riau through meliponiculture

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
Abstract Thirty Hills National Park (THNP) located in Riau province has a local community, namely Talang Mamak tribes, who live inside its territory. To increase their livelihood and reduce their dependency on forest resources, THNP conducts an empowerment activity as an alternative for living through meliponiculture.
A Pribadi, D Roza
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Indigenous Knowledge, Habitat, and Nest Characterization of Stingless Bee (Meliponula beccarii) in West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Stingless bees are eusocial insects that play vital roles as pollinators of many flowering plants and high value products. However, information on their nesting habitats and nest characteristics is scarce in West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. This study was conducted to characterize indigenous knowledge, habitat, and nest of stingless bees.
Taye Beyene, Mekonen Woldetsadik, Desta Abi, Zewdu Ararso Hora, Zeljko Tomanovic   +4 more
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Aporte de la meliponicultura a la economia familiar en El Pochote, El Arenal y Nuevo Amanecer, Masatepe, Masaya, 2013 [PDF]

, 2014
Las meliponas son abejas sin aguijón, nativas de América, utilizadas por muchas familias en el medio rural mesoamericano para la obtención de miel y cera, pero también por los múltiples servicios que estos insectos prestan, entre ellos polinización y ...
Balmaceda, Luis, Lacayo, Ligia, Montenegro, Joel David   +2 more
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Pollen Spectrum and Trophic Niche Width of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Highly Urbanized and Industrialized Sites

Sociobiology, 2019
The floristic composition of an environment is important to ensure the trophic niche of bee species. Melipona scutellaris Latreille, is a typical stingless bee of Atlantic rainforest sites in northeastern Brazil, a region widely established in ...
Brunelle Ramos Andrade, Andreia Santos do Nascimento, Emanuella Lopes Franco, Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos, Rogério Marcos de Oliveira Alves, Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho Costa, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho   +6 more
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Saving the Other Bees: The Resurgence of Stingless Beekeeping in the Zona Maya

Conservation & Society, 2020
This paper discusses strategies for salvaging biodiversity through a case study exploring the revitalisation of keeping stingless bees in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Eve Z Bratman
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Physicochemical and microbiological quality of honeys produced by stingless bees Scaptotrigona polysticta, Melipona illota and Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae: Meliponini) in San Martín, Peru

Peruvian Journal of Agronomy, 2020
The honeys from stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) are recognized for their medicinal properties. They are commonly used by many indigenous groups around the world.
Marilena Marconi, Javier Ormeño Luna, Carlos Daniel Vecco Giove   +2 more
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Recursos tróficos utilizados por Plebeia intermedia (Apidae, Meliponini) en la localidad de Baritú, Salta, Argentina: caracterización botánica de sus mieles [PDF]

, 2015
Con la finalidad de conocer los recursos tróficos utilizados por Plebeia intermedia, una melipona de uso frecuente en la localidad de Baritú (22° 28’ 54,1” S; 64° 45’ 39,4” O; 1546 msnm), se efectuó el análisis polínico de diez muestras de miel ...
Flores, Fabio Fernando, Hilget, Norma, Lupo, Liliana Concepcion   +2 more
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Potencial produtivo de própolis com abelha sem ferrão Frieseomelitta varia. [PDF]

, 2013
A própolis é um subproduto das abelhas, que consiste principalmente na mistura de resinas de origem vegetal, e que apresenta alto valor comercial. O uso de abelhas sem ferrão com potencial para a produção da própolis ainda é pouco explorado, devido à ...
CORDEIRO, H. K. C., LOPES FILHO, N. M., MENEZES, C.   +2 more
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