Honey and honey bees of Guinea-Bissau

Beekeeping is an ancient activity in Guinea-Bissau. The ancestral interaction with bees stands on “honey hunting” of natural colonies or use of traditional hives hanged on trees. These hives are perfect shelters for swarms but the colony is destroyed every year after honey harvesting. Bees are there...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinto, M. Alice (author)
Other Authors: Batista, Vânia (author), Alves, Dulce (author), Vilas-Boas, Miguel (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/6517
Country:Portugal
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