Cadeia produtiva de mel na AMAM (Associação dos Meliponicultores e Apicultores do município de Manari)

Abstract

The compulsory supervised stage of completion of the Bachelor of Animal Science course was held at AMAM - Association of Meliponicultores and Beekeepers of the Municipality of Manari -PE, during the period from 12/03/19 to 29/05/19, under the guidance of Professor Msc. Claudio Jorge Gomes da Rocha Júnior and supervision of the Agronomist Antonio Aderson Lima do Nascimento. Among the objectives of the training were to follow beekeeping practices, follow up and solve problems in hives obtained with CODEVASF, operating and managing an associative company, processing, marketing and distribution of the products. As extra activities were carried out visit to some members of the association in order to understand their bottlenecks and perspectives in the activity, participation in meetings in the residence of the president of the association, attendance at meetings in the CMDRS and STR of the municipality, capture of swarm of bees (Apis mellifera ) and varroatosis check. The opportunity of internship is important so that the professional of animal husbandry, develop a critical vision regarding the practices of handling, nutrition, sanitation, processing and marketing of bee products, thinking about the quality of the product that reaches the consumer, increasing the profit and the local economy, seeing in the activity a promising field of work.