Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping
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Resumo: | Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across developing countries stingless beekeeping remains an essentially informal activity, technical knowledge is scarce, and management practices lack standardization. Here we profited from the large diversity of stingless beekeepers found in Brazil to assess the impact of particular management practices on productivity and economic revenues from the commercialization of stingless bee products. Our study represents the first large-scale effort aiming at optimizing stingless beekeeping for honey/colony production based on quantitative data. Survey data from 251 beekeepers scattered across 20 Brazilian States revealed the influence of specific management practices and other confounding factors over productivity and income indicators. Specifically, our results highlight the importance of teaching beekeepers how to inspect and feed their colonies, how to multiply them and keep track of genetic lineages, how to harvest and preserve the honey, how to use vinegar traps to control infestation by parasitic flies, and how to add value by labeling honey containers. Furthermore, beekeeping experience and the network of known beekeepers were found to be key factors influencing productivity and income. Our work provides clear guidelines to optimize stingless beekeeping and help transform the activity into a powerful tool for sustainable development. © 2015 Jaffé et al. |
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Jaffé, RodolfoPope, Nathaniel S.Carvalho, Airton TorresMaia, Ulysses Madureira C.Blochtein, BetinaLopes de Carvalho, Carlos AlfredoCarvalho-zilse, Gislene AlmeidaFreitas, Breno MagalhãesMenezes, CristianoRibeiro, Márcia Fátima deVenturieri, Giorgio CristinoFonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz2020-04-24T17:00:34Z2020-04-24T17:00:34Z2015https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/1470310.1371/journal.pone.0121157Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across developing countries stingless beekeeping remains an essentially informal activity, technical knowledge is scarce, and management practices lack standardization. Here we profited from the large diversity of stingless beekeepers found in Brazil to assess the impact of particular management practices on productivity and economic revenues from the commercialization of stingless bee products. Our study represents the first large-scale effort aiming at optimizing stingless beekeeping for honey/colony production based on quantitative data. Survey data from 251 beekeepers scattered across 20 Brazilian States revealed the influence of specific management practices and other confounding factors over productivity and income indicators. Specifically, our results highlight the importance of teaching beekeepers how to inspect and feed their colonies, how to multiply them and keep track of genetic lineages, how to harvest and preserve the honey, how to use vinegar traps to control infestation by parasitic flies, and how to add value by labeling honey containers. Furthermore, beekeeping experience and the network of known beekeepers were found to be key factors influencing productivity and income. Our work provides clear guidelines to optimize stingless beekeeping and help transform the activity into a powerful tool for sustainable development. © 2015 Jaffé et al.Volume 10, Número 3Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/br/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessApicultureBrasilHarvestHoneyIncomeNonhumanOrganism ColonyParasite ControlProductivityStingless BeeSustainable DevelopmentAgricultureAnimalsBeeQuestionnairesApoideaMeliponinaeTachinidaeAgricultureAnimalssBeesBrasilSurveys And QuestionnairesBees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeepinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlePLoS ONEengreponame:Repositório Institucional do INPAinstname:Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)instacron:INPAORIGINALartigo-inpa.pdfapplication/pdf3134112https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/bitstream/1/14703/1/artigo-inpa.pdf6380220d098bfd8693ea03d22f2246a2MD51CC-LICENSElicense_rdfapplication/octet-stream914https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/bitstream/1/14703/2/license_rdf4d2950bda3d176f570a9f8b328dfbbefMD521/147032020-07-14 10:15:28.992oai:repositorio:1/14703Repositório de PublicaçõesPUBhttps://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/oai/requestopendoar:2020-07-14T14:15:28Repositório Institucional do INPA - Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)false |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping Jaffé, Rodolfo Apiculture Brasil Harvest Honey Income Nonhuman Organism Colony Parasite Control Productivity Stingless Bee Sustainable Development Agriculture Animals Bee Questionnaires Apoidea Meliponinae Tachinidae Agriculture Animalss Bees Brasil Surveys And Questionnaires |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping |
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Jaffé, Rodolfo |
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Jaffé, Rodolfo Pope, Nathaniel S. Carvalho, Airton Torres Maia, Ulysses Madureira C. Blochtein, Betina Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Carvalho-zilse, Gislene Almeida Freitas, Breno Magalhães Menezes, Cristiano Ribeiro, Márcia Fátima de Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino Fonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz |
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author |
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Pope, Nathaniel S. Carvalho, Airton Torres Maia, Ulysses Madureira C. Blochtein, Betina Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Carvalho-zilse, Gislene Almeida Freitas, Breno Magalhães Menezes, Cristiano Ribeiro, Márcia Fátima de Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino Fonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz |
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Jaffé, Rodolfo Pope, Nathaniel S. Carvalho, Airton Torres Maia, Ulysses Madureira C. Blochtein, Betina Lopes de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Carvalho-zilse, Gislene Almeida Freitas, Breno Magalhães Menezes, Cristiano Ribeiro, Márcia Fátima de Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino Fonseca, Vera Lucia Imperatriz |
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Apiculture Brasil Harvest Honey Income Nonhuman Organism Colony Parasite Control Productivity Stingless Bee Sustainable Development Agriculture Animals Bee Questionnaires Apoidea Meliponinae Tachinidae Agriculture Animalss Bees Brasil Surveys And Questionnaires |
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Apiculture Brasil Harvest Honey Income Nonhuman Organism Colony Parasite Control Productivity Stingless Bee Sustainable Development Agriculture Animals Bee Questionnaires Apoidea Meliponinae Tachinidae Agriculture Animalss Bees Brasil Surveys And Questionnaires |
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Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across developing countries stingless beekeeping remains an essentially informal activity, technical knowledge is scarce, and management practices lack standardization. Here we profited from the large diversity of stingless beekeepers found in Brazil to assess the impact of particular management practices on productivity and economic revenues from the commercialization of stingless bee products. Our study represents the first large-scale effort aiming at optimizing stingless beekeeping for honey/colony production based on quantitative data. Survey data from 251 beekeepers scattered across 20 Brazilian States revealed the influence of specific management practices and other confounding factors over productivity and income indicators. Specifically, our results highlight the importance of teaching beekeepers how to inspect and feed their colonies, how to multiply them and keep track of genetic lineages, how to harvest and preserve the honey, how to use vinegar traps to control infestation by parasitic flies, and how to add value by labeling honey containers. Furthermore, beekeeping experience and the network of known beekeepers were found to be key factors influencing productivity and income. Our work provides clear guidelines to optimize stingless beekeeping and help transform the activity into a powerful tool for sustainable development. © 2015 Jaffé et al. |
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