Open AccessEcological and socioeconomic aspects of meliponiculture in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Author(s) -
Jesús Froylán Martínez-Puc,
William CetzalIx,
Miguel Ángel Magaña Magaña,
Héctor Manuel Jesús López Castilla,
EliaogueraSavelli
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
agro productividad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2594-0252
DOI - 10.32854/agrop.v15i2.2108
Subject(s) - yucatan peninsula , geography , peninsula , socioeconomic status , ecology , beekeeping , stingless bee , biology , archaeology , sociology , apidae , population , demography , hymenoptera
Objective: To describe the main economic and ecological characteristics in the production of native stingless bees (NSBs) in the Yucatan Peninsula (YP), Mexico.Design/Methodology/Approach: Through the snowball method, an exhaustive search for references about meliponiculture was conducted, using keywords individually or combined, such as meliponiculture, Melipona, native stingless bees, Mayan meliponiculture, Yucatan Peninsula, etc.Results: In Campeche and Yucatán there is a total of N=216 producers who own a total of 3,362 “jobones” destined to meliponiculture. However, economic and ecological studies are scarce and do not allow deeply understanding the benefits of NSBs in the YP; that is, information about production costs and economic benefits that would be obtained with the conservation of NSBs.Study Limitations/Implications: This study describes the socioeconomic and ecological aspects of native stingless bees in the Yucatan Peninsula.Findings/Conclusions: Meliponiculture is an important activity from the cultural aspect, therefore, its rescue and conservation is urgent; on the other hand, the sale cost of Melipona honey is higher compared to honey from the Apis melifera L. bee, representing an economic alternative for the producers of rural communities.