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Seasonal correlation between rainfall and honey production by Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811) in a meliponiculture system in the Peruvian Amazon

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Background: Tetragonisca angustula is the most abundant stingless bee in meliponaries of the Peruvian Amazon, especially in the Huallaga River valley.
D. Ushiñahua, M. Marconi, D. Sillam- Dussès, Javier Ormeño-Luna, Ch. Poteaux, É. Long, D. Gergonne, A. Cerna-Mendoza, A. Di Giulio, E. Mancini, C. Vecco-Giove   +10 more
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Beekeeping and Meliponiculture: A Sweet Look At The Women of The Jequitinhonha River Valley

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
Objective: To report on an initiative to train, motivate and encourage women in the Jequitinhonha Valley to join and/or remain in beekeeping activities, in order to help strengthen the honey production chain in the Jequitinhonha Valley.   Theoretical Reference: Studies exploring the role of women in beekeeping activities around the world are ...
Mariana Moreira Dias, Renata Gabriela Chaves Ferreira, Wagner Silva dos Santos, Júlia Ferreira Rodrigues, Danyelle Santos Dourado, Daiane dos Santos Alves, Aureliane Aparecida de Araújo, Paula Calaça, Hércules Otacílio Santos, Eliane Macedo Sobrinho Santos   +9 more
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MELIPONICULTURE IN THE AREA OF INFLUENCE OF THE SÃO FRANCISCO RIVER INTEGRATION PROJECT – PISF

Artefactum - revista de estudos interdisciplinares
The raising of native bees is strategically important for the conservation of socio-biodiversity in the semi-arid regions of northeastern Brazil, where environmental degradation is intensifying due to large-scale projects such as the São Francisco River Integration Project (PISF).
Daniel de Carvalho Leite, Eva Mônica Sarmento da Silva, Silver Jonas Alves Farfan, Airton Torres Carvalho, Elaine Maiara Bonfim Nunes, Janaína Araujo Moreira Brito, Tânia Maria Sarmento da Silva   +6 more
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Wing Phenotypic Diversity in Stingless Bees Genera (Apidae: Meliponini) from Ecuador Amazonia

Acta Biológica Colombiana
Native stingless bees, Meliponini, are the only social bees that produce honey in addition to honeybees. These bees have been managed in meliponiculture and for crop pollination.
Karen Vanessa Bonilla Farinango, Jonathan Liria Salazar, Claus Rasmussen   +2 more
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Meliponiculture: potential and restrictions for the conservation of native bees and poverty reduction

, 2021
Grande parte da região Nordeste é caracterizada pela vulnerabilidade socioeconômica e crescente impactos ambientais (renda per capita mensal média de R$491,17). O objetivo deste estudo foi discutir as possibilidades e limitações da meliponicultura para a conservação das abelhas nativas sem ferrão e também como fonte de renda alternativa para redução da
da Conceição Lazarino, Leydiane, Galvão Brito, Matheus, Evangelista do Carmo, Igor, Antunes de Mello Affonso, Paulo Roberto, de Sá Neto, Raymundo José, Waldschmidt, Ana Maria   +5 more
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Public Policy Challenges in the Expansion of Meliponiculture as a Promising Activity in Colombia

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia
  Meliponiculture, defined as the rearing of stingless bees (tribe Meliponini) for productive, recreational, and ecosystem service purposes, has a long cultural tradition in Colombia. Evidence of its historical importance dates back to pre-Columbian times, when the wax of these bees was used in the lost-wax casting technique.
Oswaldo Andrés Sánchez Alarcón, Gonzalo Téllez Iregui   +1 more
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Meliponiculture: Importance in Sustainable Economy & Challenges

Stingless bees are eusocial insects with vestigial stings. Stingless bee keeping is known as the meliponiculture. Now a days the number of wild and managed bee colonies are declining so that cause global concern in applied pollination so meliponiculture is practiced to minimize this threat. But the deforestation and poor management practices of hive is
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Traditional ecological knowledge and non-food uses of stingless bee honey in Kenya's last pocket of tropical rainforest. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Héger M, Noiset P, Nkoba K, Vereecken NJ.   +3 more
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A review of stingless bees' bioactivity in different parts of the world. [PDF]

J Med Life, 2023
Goh LPW, Jawan R, Faik AAM, Gansau JA.
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Honey compositional convergence and the parallel domestication of social bees. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2022
Noiset P, Cabirol N, Rojas-Oropeza M, Warrit N, Nkoba K, Vereecken NJ.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source