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Acta Botanica Brasilica, 2023 Abstract The structure of urban secondary forests and their potential for meliponiculture in the eastern Amazon was studied in the municipality of Belterra, Pará. The sampling was carried out in 25 plots of 40 m2 in two areas (0.1 ha) of secondary forests (SF), in which three classes of DBH values were considered (C1:1 cm ≤ DBH ≤ 5 cm; C2: 5 cm < DBH ≤
Rogério Ribeiro de Souza +4 more
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Ecological and socioeconomic aspects of meliponiculture in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Agro Productividad, 2022 Objective: To describe the main economic and ecological characteristics in the production of native stingless bees (NSBs) in the Yucatan Peninsula (YP), Mexico. Design/Methodology/Approach: Through the snowball method, an exhaustive search for references about meliponiculture was conducted, using keywords individually or combined, such as ...
Jesús Froylán Martínez-Puc +4 more
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CHARACTERIZATION OF MELIPONICULTURE IN THE PROVINCE OF CIENFUEGOS, CUBA
Ingeniería Investigación y Desarrollo, 2023 This research was carried out with the objective of characterize the hives, management system and health status of the stingless bee Melipona beecheii in the province of Cienfuegos. The survey was the method that used to evaluate all people with possession of colonies of M.
José Andrés Martínez Machado
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Meliponiculture in Quilombola communities of Ipiranga and Gurugi, Paraíba state, Brazil: an ethnoecological approach [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2014 BACKGROUND: The Quilombola communities of Ipiranga and Gurugi, located in Atlantic Rainforest in Southern of Paraíba state, have stories that are interwoven throughout time. The practice of meliponicultura has been carried out for generations in these social groups and provides an elaborate ecological knowledge based on native stingless bees, the ...
Roberta Monique Amâncio de Carvalho +2 more
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Development of Tools to Understand the Relationship between Good Management Practices and Nest Losses in Meliponiculture: A Pilot Study in Latin American Countries [PDF]
InsectsInsect pollination services amount to USD 235–577 billion. Seventy five percent of agricultural production for human consumption depends on pollination, mainly by bees.
Joseline Sofía Ocaña-Cabrera +2 more
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Stingless bees: uses and management by meliponiculturist women in the Chaco region of Bolivia [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 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
Marcia Adler +3 more
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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.
Joseline Sofía Ocaña-Cabrera +8 more
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Meliponiculture in Rio Grande do Norte
Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 . Maia U.M., Jaffe R., Carvalho A.T. & Imperatriz-Fonseca V.L. [Meliponiculture in Rio Grande do Norte.] Meliponicultura no Rio Grande do Norte. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4):327-333, 2015.
Ulysses Madureira Maia +3 more
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Potential growth of meliponiculture in West Halmahera, Indonesia
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019 Abstract Meliponiculture is stingless bee’s beekeeping, developed in many countries, also Indonesia. Stingless bee produced honey with high value, wax, and propolis that used by humans, also to pollinate crops. West Halmahera, North Moluccas Province, Indonesia has potencies for the growth of meliponiculture, supported by natural ...
Hearty Salatnaya +4 more
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Journal of Research in Agriculture and Food SciencesAim and Background: Tomato plants are widely grown in Indonesia using the open agriculture system. However, the widespread application of pesticides in horticultural systems, particularly in tomato farming, has prevented pollinators from visiting ...
Muhamad Aldi Nurdiansyah +6 more
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