Knowledge of the inhabitants of the Mid-Araguaia region, Mato Grosso State, about the usefulness of bee (Hymenoptera, Apidae) products - DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i4.4518

The objective of this study was to find out the use indications for bee products. The interviews were carried out with representatives of 14 municipalities of the Mid-Araguaia River region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the months of January and February 2007. In the Mid-Araguaia there were indi...

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Autores: Souza, Sebastiana de, Aburaya, Fernando Hiroshi, Maia, Emanuel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM)
Repositorio:Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/4518
Acceso en línea:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/4518
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ethnoentomology
traditional knowledge
folk medicine
etnoentomologia
conhecimento tradicional
medicina popular
Ciências Biológicas
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Sumario:The objective of this study was to find out the use indications for bee products. The interviews were carried out with representatives of 14 municipalities of the Mid-Araguaia River region, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, during the months of January and February 2007. In the Mid-Araguaia there were indications of use honey, beeswax, poison and propolis, mainly for medicinal purposes. Honey was the most used product (75.49%). The consumption is mainly by ingestion (79.59%) and in natura (71.43%). The bee products are used, by the majority of the users, for medicinal purposes (77.55%), and they are recommended to heal throat infections (63.27%)