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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.
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The role of agroforestry in restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest: Opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 462-480, April 2022., 2022
Abstract Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the potential for restoration approaches, such as agroforestry, to provide benefits to smallholder farmers and biodiversity is essential in developing equitable restoration strategies.
Yara Shennan‐Farpón, Morena Mills, Aline Souza, Katherine Homewood   +3 more
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DNA Barcoding of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) in Northern Peruvian Forests: A Plea for Integrative Taxonomy

Diversity, 2022
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are among the most important pollinators of tropical forests. Peru is considered a hotspot of biodiversity of Meliponini, but many areas of this country (e.g., Peruvian Amazon) remain unexplored.
Marilena Marconi, Alessandro Modesti, Leydi Paz Alvarez, Paolo Villegas Ogoña, Agustín Cerna Mendoza, Carlos Daniel Vecco-Giove, Javier Ormeño Luna, Andrea Di Giulio, Emiliano Mancini   +8 more
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Meliponiculture in agroforestry systems in Belterra, Pará, Brazil

ACTA Apicola Brasilica, 2021
In this study we characterized the honey production in agroforestry systems and inventing the species visited by stingless bees in the region of Belterra, Pará. We used a questionnaire applied to honey producers with questions that addressed socioeconomic conditions and the production of stingless bees, as well the plant species visited by bees ...
Ana Paula Silva Viana, Daniela Pauletto, João Ricardo Vasconcellos Gama, Adcléia Pereira Pires, Hierro Hassler Freitas, Aline Pacheco   +5 more
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Linking Measure of the Tropical Stingless Bee (Apidae, Meliponini, and Heterotrigona itama) Honey Quality with Hives Distance to the Source of Heavy Metal Pollution in Urban and Industrial Areas in Sabah, Borneo

Journal of Toxicology, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
Honey is a natural product of bees, and its chemical composition depends on the nectar sources of the surrounding flora as well as environmental factors. However, keeping hives in areas polluted with heavy metals can affect the quality of bee products such as honey.
Nurul Hamizah Salman, Lum Mok Sam, Kimberly Ador, Bellericter Binjamin, Mohd Iftar Johwan Johny-Hasbulah, Suzan Benedick, Zongming Ren   +6 more
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Raising native bees: an agroecological pedagogy with roots

Revista Brasileira de Educação do Campo, 2022
There is a general consensus on the need for agroecological scaling up as an alternative to the crisis generated by the unsustainability of the industrial agriculture model and even more so in the current context of a health pandemic.
Yorlis Luna, Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya, Eric Vides Borrel, Helda Morales, Peter Rosset   +4 more
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Honey as an Alternative Dressing in Post-Palatoplasty-Two Case Reports. [PDF]

Case Rep Med
Palatoplasty is a surgical procedure used to repair a cleft palate. Postsurgery there are times when the healing process is disrupted. Honey has been utilised since ancient times as an antibacterial, anti‐inflammatory, and regenerative treatment for wounds, and it has been shown to expedite the wound healing process by promoting the formation of new ...
David C, Rasul I, Ariestiana YY, Fauzi A.   +3 more
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Pollination ecology in the tropical Andes: moving towards a cross-scale approach. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Plant–pollinator interactions structure ecological communities and represent a key component of ecosystem functioning. Pollination networks are expected to be more diverse and specialised in the tropics, but pollination ecology in these regions has been understudied in comparison to other areas.
Rueda-Uribe C, Chautá A, Woodman TL, Lasso E, Pelayo RC, Manrique-Garzón LM, Muñoz MC, Allgayer R, Ashman TL, Bocedi G, Burslem DFRP, Camargo-Martínez PA, Echeverry-Galvis MÁ, González-Arango C, Gubry-Rangin C, Lancaster LT, Layton KKS, Manfredini F, Martel C, Montti L, Papadopulos AST, Raguso RA, Ready J, Rico-Guevara A, Rocabado C, Travis JMJ.   +25 more
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Efficiency of trap nests in attracting stingless bees in the central Brazilian Amazon

Acta Amazonica, 2022
Obtaining colonies of stingless bees in the wild for the formation or expansion of meliponaries and other purposes is permitted by law in Brazil using bait containers or trap nests, and other non-destructive methods.
Iris Andrade da CRUZ, Carlos Gustavo NUNES-SILVA, Gislene Almeida CARVALHO-ZILSE   +2 more
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Richness and distribution of the meliponine fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the State of Ceará, Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021
Meliponines, popularly known as stingless bees, present a great diversity of species widely distributed in tropical regions. Some species are rationally reared to obtain bee products like honey, pollen and wax, and most of them are important pollinators ...
JÂNIO A. FELIX, BRENO M. FREITAS
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