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Why Stingless Bees Matter—and How Indigenous Communities in the Amazon Are Protecting Them

ESCUELA DE ABEJITAS Maijuna

Along the Napo River in Peru’s Amazon, Indigenous Kichwa communities are reviving traditional knowledge to care for Amazonian stingless native bees as part of a project focused on sustainable livelihoods and forest stewardship. Using hollowed logs and wooden boxes, families manage bee nests that support food security, provide medicinal honey, and contribute to the health […]

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