Meliponiculture or better known as the breeding of stingless bees, is a practice that has been known for many centuries by Amerindians. Honey serves the pharmacopoeia of indigenous and peasant communities, for its therapeutic virtues recognized for curing certain dermatological and ophthalmological diseases.
The project called “Guardians of Meliponini bees in Colombia” aims to:
The preservation and breeding of stingless bees is of vital importance to the ecosystem. However, ignorance of them, poor agricultural practices, the use of pesticides, deforestation or monocultures, are causing the progressive disappearance of pollinators in general and bees in particular.
The meliponicultura project: “Guardians of the Meliponini bees in Colombia” in Farallones de Cali lasts for three years, from 2020 to 2022.
