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Stingless Bees Culture

Stingless Bees Culture. BY JOSEPH MACHARIA. Introduction. Social bees 6 genera comprising of 19 species have been identified in Africa. (Eardley, 2004). Nests; tree cavities, ground and open. Kenya. Kakamega. Mwingi. Arabuko Sokoke. Hypotrigona gribodoi. H.gribodoi Queen.

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Stingless Bees Culture

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  1. Stingless Bees Culture BY JOSEPH MACHARIA

  2. Introduction • Social bees • 6 genera comprising of 19 species have been identified in Africa.(Eardley, 2004). • Nests; tree cavities, ground and open

  3. Kenya Kakamega Mwingi Arabuko Sokoke

  4. Hypotrigona gribodoi H.gribodoi Queen

  5. Dactylurina schimidti Nest

  6. Meliponula bocandei

  7. Meliponula ferruginea

  8. Plebeina hildebrandti

  9. Why stingless bees? • Economic role as cash crop pollinators and honey producers • Impact of stingless bee presence on human health • The ecological role of stingless bees • Wide variety of biological and ecological features that the various species have, making them ideal for comparative studies

  10. Threats to Stingless bees Keeping • Deforestation • Lack of knowledge • Destructive harvesting

  11. Road to applied pollination with stingless bees (i) Meliponiculture: (a) Local knowledge Identify Potential pollinators for development of a stingless bee management strategy

  12. (b) Development • development of rational hives • developing techniques for colony division

  13. (c) Traininig Colony transfer Queen rearing techniques Honey harvesting techiniques

  14. (ii) Legalization of bee trade and honey quality provide legal protection for the native bees and make sure that their natural populations are guaranteed for the future honey physiochemical composition and antibacterial effects

  15. Physiochemical composition of honey samples obtained from stingless bees * Honey quality standards of the Codex Alimentarius for floral honeys. HMF = hydroxymethylfurfural

  16. Antibacterial activity of stingless bee honey

  17. (iv) Research on bee biology. Detailed knowledge of the bee’s biology and behaviour needed to adapt the bees to the crop pollination setting

  18. Bee biology cont Queen rearing Hypotrigona gribodoi joined queen cell. Hypotrigona gribodoi queen cell. Hypotrigona gribodoi colony A virgin queen

  19. (v) Matching crops with bees • identify crop that may benefit from stingless bees for its pollination

  20. Acknowledgemnets Mary Gikungu Connal Eardley Suresh Raina – icipe Koos Biesmeijer – University of Leeds thankYou

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