A scientific study in Junín warns about the loss of nest trees and the direct impact on indigenous communities that depend on meliponiculture.
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More than 50% of the habitats of the stingless bees Melipona eburnea and Tetragonisca angustula are currently located in areas of high risk of deforestation in the Amazon, according to a recent study published in the scientific journal Applied Ecology, in which the Institute of Amazonian Research of Peru (IIAP) participated. The logging of trees that serve as nesting habitat for the bees, the illegal extraction of wood, and the expansion of the agricultural frontier are the main threats to these species, which maintain biodiversity, conserve forests, and support the food security of communities. The research was conducted in the Avireri-Vraem Biosphere Reserve, in Junín, with the collaboration of Asháninka communities. There, 51 wild hives were identified and it was verified that the bees use 21 species of trees to settle, including Guarea guidonia (requia), Ficus insipida (renaco), Aniba gigantiflora (mohena), and Cedrelinga cateniformis (tornillo). Many of these trees are among ...