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The Physicochemical Properties, Biochemical Makeup, and Health Benefits of Honey Produced From Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini)

Journal of Food Quality, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of stingless bee honey (SBH), focusing on its physicochemical properties, biochemical composition, and health benefits. SBH exhibits unique characteristics, including color, flavor, texture, and lower thermal stability, influenced by various botanical sources, stingless bee species, and diverse geographic ...
Belay Gezahegn Gebreyes, Tilahun A. Teka, Yetenayet Bekele Tola, Metekia Tamiru, Nkoba Kiatoko, Sapna Langyan   +5 more
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The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America

Sociobiology, 2018
Stingless honey bees— commonly known as stingless bees— have long provided food and materials to the inhabitants of tropical America. We conducted a literature search to codify available information, including non-peer reviewed ‘grey literature’, on the ...
José Javier G Quezada-Euán, Guiomar Nates-Parra, Marcia M. Maués, David W Roubik, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca   +4 more
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The Study of Meliponiculture and its Interdisciplinary Relationship

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
Introduction: Meliponiculture stands out for being an activity that interacts with various fields of knowledge.   Objective: The aim of this work was to compile information about meliponiculture and interdisciplinarity through a literature review.   Theoretical Framework: Meliponiculture stands out for being an activity that interacts with various ...
Fabio Pinto Silva, Antônio Jorge Paraense da Paixão, André Luiz Pereira da Silva, Robson Elpídio Pereira Ribeiro   +3 more
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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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Main technical-productive characteristics of meliponiculture in two locations of the municipality of Calkiní, Campeche [PDF]

Objective: To identify the main technical-productive characteristics of two meliponiculture production systems —traditional and technical— in two locations of the municipality of Calkiní, Campeche.Design/Methodology/Approach: Semi-structured ...
Martinez-Puc, Jesús Froylán, Magaña-Magaña, Miguel Á., Cetzal-Ix, William R., López-Castilla, H. M. J.   +3 more
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Flower visits, nesting and nest defence behaviour of stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini): suitability of the bee species for meliponiculture in the Argentinean Chaco region [PDF]

, 2012
Four bionomical features are here described for the seven stingless bees that inhabit a new meliponine beekeeping area: the Argentinean Chaco region. The most commonly visited plants were of herbaceous habits, predominantly had flowers of white/creamy to
Favio Gerardo Vossler, Vossler, Favio Gerardo, Vossler, Favio   +2 more
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Food Reward and Distance Influence the Foraging Pattern of Stingless Bee, Heterotrigona itama

Insects, 2018
Beekeeping with stingless bee provides new opportunities to improve the incomes of many households in Malaysia through the sale of honey and other bee products. While Heterotrigona itama is one of the most commonly cultured species of stingless bees, its
Norasmah Basari, Sarah Najiah Ramli, Nur 'Aina Syakirah Mohd Khairi   +2 more
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Impact of the introduction of stingless bee colonies (Scaptotrigona aff. postica) on the productivity of acai (Euterpe oleracea)

Revista Verde de Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Sustentável, 2020
The acai palm is a typical palm tree of the Amazonian estuary, especially important in the diet and extractive agriculture economy of the Eastern Amazonia. Its fruit productivity is highly dependent on cross-pollination.
Nilton Akio Muto, Renan Oliveira de Sousa Leite, Daniel Santiago Pereira, Herve Louis Ghislain Rogez, Giorgio Cristino Venturieri   +4 more
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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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Hiving Method Of Stingless Bee Domestication For Sustainable Meliponiculture [PDF]

, 2016
The stingless bee rearing is emergent agriculture activity in Malaysia. The stingless bee products including honey and bee bread, which are stored in propolis-rich pots.
Mustafa, Mohd Zulkifli, Yusof, Norizam, Sulaiman, Siti Amrah, Mustafa, Muhammad Arjuna   +3 more
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