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The organization of stingless beekeeping (Meliponiculture) at Mayapán, Yucatan, Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2018
Abstract This article presents evidence for the importance of traditional stingless beekeeping (meliponiculture) at the Postclassic period (CE 1150–1450) Maya political capital of Mayapan, Yucatan, Mexico, with a particular focus on the domestic and public contexts of this practice and its association with metallurgy and balche production.
Elizabeth H. Paris, Carlos Peraza Lope, Marilyn A. Masson, Pedro C. Delgado Kú, Bárbara C. Escamilla Ojeda   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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
wiley   +1 more source

Meliponiculture in agroforestry systems: alternative income, agricultural divesification and ecosystem services = Meliponicultura em sistemas agroflorestais: alternativa de renda, diversificação agrícola e serviços ecossistêmicos

Agro@mbiente On-line, 2017
A meliponicultura, criação racional de abelhas nativas sem ferrão, é uma atividade que se enquadra nos princípios de práticas agrícolas economicamente viáveis, ecologicamente sustentáveis e socialmente justas, assim como os Sistemas Agroflorestais (Saf’s)
Bruna Schmidt Gemim, Francisca Alcivania de Melo Silva   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Knowledge Systems: Ethnotaxonomy and Alpha Taxonomy of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in an Amazon-Cerrado Ecotone in Northern Brazil

Sociobiology
The articulation between traditional knowledge and scientific understanding has proven essential for the study and conservation of biodiversity, particularly in regions with high biological and cultural diversity.
Miqueias Almeida, José Augusto Santos-Silva, Lidianne Salvatierra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Rescue of Stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) nests: an important form of mitigating impacts caused by deforestation

Sociobiology, 2014
As stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, their preservation is of vital importance to sustain the global ecosystem and to safeguard human food resources.
Luciano Costa, Rafael Franco, Leandro Guimarães, Ayrton Vollet Neto, Filipi Silva, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Potential Production and Feed Sources for Tetragonula biroi Bees in Meliponiculture in South Sulawesi, Indonesia [PDF]

Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences
This study investigates the feed sources and product potential of stingless bees (Tetragonula biroi Friese) in meliponiculture at Kahu Village, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Budiaman Budiaman, Andi Prastiyo
doaj   +1 more source

Captura de enxames de abelhas sem ferrão (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) sem destruição de árvores Capturing stingless bee nests (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae) without destroying the trees

Acta Amazonica, 2005
No Brasil a criação racional de abelhas sem ferrão é denominada meliponicultura. As abelhas sem ferrão possuem diferentes comportamentos de nidificação, com ninhos internos (cavidades naturais ou não) e externos.
Alexandre Coletto-Silva
doaj   +1 more source