Production, marketing and export of bee products: an analysis of the performance of the brazilian northeast region

• Autor(a) principal: Leite, Michael Douglas Sousa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Medeiros, Aline Carla de, Maracajá, Patrício Borges, Bezerra, Kévia Katiúcia Santos, Silva, Mateus Gonçalves, Belchior, Sandra Maijane Soares de, Meneses, Helmo Robério Ferreira de, Silva, Glauber Iure Cardoso de Menezes, Sarmento, Thaise de Abreu Brasileiro, Pessoa, Mariana Ferreira, Gomes, José Carlos, Bandeira, Pablo Sthefano Roque de Souza, Cesar, Daniel Souza, Silva, Aline Cristina de Araújo Florentino, Figueiredo, Ana Karine Gomes de, Nobre, Kadydja Mayara Ramos, Sousa, Sauly Martinho Gomes de, Carneiro, Tiago Douglas Cavalcante, Araujo, Albimah Medeiros de, Medeiros, Júlia Marcia Lourenço de Almeida Martins
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/18897
• topic: Beekeeping; Apis mellifera; Marketplace; Bee products.; Apicultura; Apis mellifera; Mercado; Productos apícolas.; Apicultura; Apis melífera; Mercado; Produtos das abelhas.

Brazilian beekeeping has gained prominence since the introduction of the Apís mellifera bees from Africa, a process that led to the hybridization of European species already existing in the country. The crossing between these species of bees promoted a wide spread of subspecies throughout all regions of Brazil, which were adapting to adversities, becoming resistant and more productive. In the Northeast region, the subspecies of bees resulting from hybridization, Africanized bees, adapted very well to the conditions of hot climate and Caatinga vegetation, starting to promote extra income to farming families through the practice of rational beekeeping. In this context, the article proposes to carry out a survey of the performance of the Brazilian northeast region in relation to the production, commercialization and export of bee products. For that, a bibliographic and documentary research was used, carried out from the databases of the Online Electronic Scientific Library (Scielo) and CAPES/MEC Journal Portal. Based on the analysis of the data obtained, it was evident that the Northeast region of Brazil stands out in the production, marketing and export of bee products, with honey as the main product, only behind the South and Southeast regions. Honey from the Northeast presents immeasurable quality due to the low level of chemical residue contamination, which allows for a high level of international competitiveness. For a constant growth of beekeeping in the Northeast, investment in research and development of technologies for the agro-industrial management of the beekeeping chain is necessary.