Small Amazonian stingless bees: an opportunity for targeted cocoa pollination
Camila Maia-Silva,
Michael Hrncir,
Tereza Cristina Giannini
et al.
Abstract:Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is a multi-billion-dollar business. This tropical crop strongly depends on animal pollination for fruit development and seed production. The lack or inefficiency of natural pollinators in cocoa plantations has driven farmers to search for alternatives, such as laborious pollination by hand. A so far untested alternative, which has received increasing attention during the past couple of years, is targeted crop pollination through managed social bees. However, owing to the smallness of th… Show more
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