Global meliponiculture: Challenges and opportunities

Apidologie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 275-292

  Cortopassi Laurino, Marilda ^a,i   Imperatriz Fonseca, Vera Lucia ^b   Roubik, David Ward ^c   Dollin, Anne ^d   Heard, Tim ^e   Aguilar, Ingrid ^f   Venturieri, Giorgio C ^g   Eardley, Connal ^h   Noguera Neto, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b S Paulo University   (Brazil)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Australian Native Bee Res Centre   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^g EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

^h PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apidae; Breeding; Honey; Meliponiculture; Meliponini; Pollinators; Stingless bees; Wax

Indexed keywords

HONEYBEE; POLLINATOR;

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 33745834328     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2006027     Document Type: Review

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