The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America

Stingless honey bees— commonly known as stingless bees— have long provided food and materials to the inhabitants of tropical America. We conducted a literature search to codify available information, including non-peer reviewed ‘grey literature’, on the purported value of stingless bees to indigeno...

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Main Authors: José Javier G Quezada-Euán, Guiomar Nates-Parra, Marcia M. Maués, David W Roubik, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2018-10-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/3447