Stingless bees: uses and management by meliponiculturist women in the Chaco region of Bolivia.

ABSTRACT:

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 numerous threats causing alarming population declines. Moreover, stingless bees have a great cultural and traditional value, since most products from the hive are used for a wide variety of purposes. A growing number of initiatives are encouraging the breeding of these bees, through training courses and modern management techniques. This study documents the knowledge on stingless bees and their products that meliponiculturists from the Chaco region of Bolivia have, as well as the influence that meliponiculture initiatives have on t

SUBMITTER: Adler M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9830929 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature