Relação das espécies de abelhas nativas no Setor de Meliponicultura do Departamento de Zootecnia, da UFRPE (Campus Dois Irmãos).

Abstract

Bees have a role in nature of fundamental importance in the balance of an ecosystem, being directly responsible for the pollination of plants, certain types of food that are only viable due to this arduous task, bees are present around the world and have thousands of different species, including those with stingers and those without stingers. Meliponiculture, which is the production of native stingless bees, has been increasingly developed with the growing search for natural and sustainable products, created in a rational way, and this is something that has been developed for many generations by indigenous peoples. The meliponiculture sector, located in the Zootechnics Department at UFRPE in Recife, comes through the efforts of its teaching, research and extension activities, to emphasize and propagate the importance of preserving these insects so important for the functioning of the production chain and consequently of life human. The different species that are found in the sector are native to the region of the Zona da Mata and coast of Pernambuco, where the department is close. The sector seeks to preserve these colonies for the dissemination of knowledge with society. The species found in the structure of the meliponary were cataloged and the development of these colonies was monitored, as well as artificial feeding was offered to those colonies that had a deficit of food stored in their boxes.