MELIPONICULTURE: LONG AND SHORT TERM BENEFITS

Abstract

This paper aims to establish the elements that constitute meliponiculture, breeding native bees that are commonly known as stingless bees. Therefore, it is worth highlighting initially, the potential that this type of creation presents. There are vast species of bees belonging to the Meliponini tibe, it is known of the importance of these species to nature and, therefore, it is also understood that meliponiculture hás value in the production of various types of honey, besides the preservation of these species. Its differences in beekeeping are also of great prominence. Historically it is known that the growth of beekeeping has made it more common as prodution. However, this fact has undergone changes due to the positive characteristics existing in the creation of melipses – their management becomes a facilitating element, as their resources are of lower financial costs and the areas of creation are diverse, due to your practicality. Besides, of course, the production of honey and derivatives. Challenges are part of the elements of this mode of creation. Commercial beekeeping is still predominant, with greater knowledge than meliponiculture, which supports the demands of the market regarding quantity and value. However, information on the quality of honey and derivatives of stingless bees can be lacking or, as a consequence, their high cost. Recognizing this activity in the history of humanity brings, in addition to learning, the possibility of creating awareness that man’s aggresive way of dealing with nature, in addition to not giving himself quality of life, modifies the ecosystem so that there is no how to restore what was done so far. However, knowing that it can be produced and preserved is a way to avoid further damage.