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

• Main Author: Souza, Sebastiana de
• Publication Date: 2009
• Other Authors: Aburaya, Fernando Hiroshi, Maia, Emanuel
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences
• DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v31i4.4518
• Download full: http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/4518
• topic: ethnoentomology; traditional knowledge; folk medicine; etnoentomologia; conhecimento tradicional; medicina popular; Ciências Biológicas

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%)