The Origins of Maya Stingless Beekeeping

Paris, Elizabeth H.; Castrejon, Veronica Briseño; Walker, Debra S.; Lope, Carlos Peraza

doi:10.2993/0278-0771-40.3.386

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“…These transitions include use of bioinputs, reducing or eliminating chemical inputs, and farm diversification. In Corozo, Nicaragua, Arauz (2020) looked at how women's contributions to family farming production and crop diversification allow native bee conservation. She further asserts that, through stingless bee breeding, women can defend community heritage more broadly.…”

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Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Maya

Rodríguez‐Robles²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionStingless bee breeding, also called Meliponiculture, has existed for thousands of years in Mesoamerica among a variety of rural and indigenous cultures. Due to its biocultural importance, it represents a perfect device for agroecological education and scaling, as well as pollinator conservation. At the same time, promoting agroecological transitions are necessary for conserving the cultural heritage that meliponicultures represent.MethodsWe organized a series of activities based on this premise: documenting and dialoguing “saberes contemporáneos” (contemporary knowledges), design and implementation of community agroecological workshops, guided visits at the institutional Meliponary at ECOSUR Villahermosa and promotion of agroecological and biocultural school gardens, all in Tabasco, México. We used “diálogo de saberes” (knowledge dialogues) as a methodological approach, promoting respect for the contribution of the diversity of ontoepistemologies involved. We drew on the ideas of several pedagogues, mainly from popular education and critical pedagogy frameworks.Results and discussionWe identified characteristics of stingless bees and meliponicultures that make them excellent mediators for biocultural conservation and agroecological education: the complex, deep and beautiful relation between humans and bees; meliponiculture's ecological and cultural importance; stingless bees as pollinators par excellence, landscape connectors, and charismatic species; the association of bees with values around work and community; meliponicultures' symbolic relevance and emotional significance; meliponicultures as promoters of intergenerational dialogue; bee keeping as an activity of caring for the continuity of life; sensory stimulation through contact with colonies; learning through doing in the practice of beekeeping; meliponicultures as an activity requiring skill but no special equipment; and meliponiculture's productive potential. This confluence of teaching-learning opportunities, cultural and moral values, care for the land and biocultural diversity, and economic potential makes meliponiculture a potent catalyst for agroecological learning and transitions.

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confidence: 99%

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Maya

Rodríguez‐Robles²,

Gutiérrez³

et al. 2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Limestone artifacts show significant changes, better finish, workmanship, and more variety of tools such as polishing stones, discs, and bark beaters. Smoothing stones were related to construction, while limestone discs were used as caps for bee hives (Paris et al 2020). Bark beaters were used in making paper.…”

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Rural Social Complexity in the Ichcaanziho Region, Yucatan, Mexico

Pantoja Díaz,

Ancona Aragon,

Gomez Coba

et al. 2022

Ancient Mesoam

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During the last decade, archaeological investigations carried out by the Mérida Region Archaeological Project through the National Institute of Anthropology and History have focused on the peripheral sites of the current municipality of Mérida. In this article, we will focus on the northeast section covering a polygon that has an area of 7.19 km2, where rural minor sites such as Oxmuul, Cuzam, and Polok Keej are located. This area was explored in various seasons as a result of archaeological salvage and rescue projects, carrying out archaeological prospecting with the aim of creating cartography, systematic excavations, and descriptive analysis of archaeological materials. One of the objectives was to understand and interpret the social organization of the ancient peripheral communities in relationship higher ranking sites such as T'ho and Dzibilchaltun. The results obtained are presented diachronically in order to explain the role that these sites played within the political economy of the region, which turns them into complex rural sites towards the end of the Classic period.

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“…La dificultad principal de la crianza de abejas nativas consiste en que las abejas interactúan con los diferentes elementos del paisaje, el suelo, el agua, las flores y la vegetación (Paris et al 2020). Las abejas no se alimentan solo en los límites de la propiedad privada sino que visitan flores y recolectan recursos en radios determinados de vuelo afuera de la finca.…”

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Crianza de abejas nativas: una pedagogía agroecológica con raíces

Luna

Maya

Borrel

et al. 2022

Rev. Bras. Educ. Camp.

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Hay un consenso generalizado sobre la necesidad del escalonamiento agroecológico como alternativa a la crisis generada por la insostenibilidad del modelo de agricultura industrial y más aún en el contexto actual de pandemia sanitaria. Sin embargo, transicionar de la producción convencional a la agroecológica es un desafío teórico, metodológico y práctico, puesto que implica generar cambios duraderos en los pensares, sentires y el actuar de los seres humanos. En el presente trabajo exploramos cómo la crianza de abejas nativas favorece el aprendizaje de la agroecología en Nicaragua. La crianza de abejas nativas es una práctica ancestral en Nicaragua, sin embargo, se encuentra en riesgo por la degradación del paisaje y los cambios culturales. A través de una investigación-acción-participativa en el departamento de Carazo, se documenta cómo las exigencias de la meliponicultura se vuelven elementos motivadores para avanzar en los principios agroecológicos. El aprendizaje de la crianza de abejas nativas sin aguijón es un proceso lento, cotidiano, con un carácter activo, que cambia a los individuos y al paisaje. Este trabajo identifica la manera en que un elemento propio del territorio se convierte en un dispositivo que favorece el cambio agroecológico, en correspondencia con los saberes, la espiritualidad y cultura local.

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The Origins of Maya Stingless Beekeeping

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Rural Social Complexity in the Ichcaanziho Region, Yucatan, Mexico

Crianza de abejas nativas: una pedagogía agroecológica con raíces

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