Meliponary implementation
Design, structures, species selection and installation of colonies.
Special program
Native Stingless Bees: guardians of biodiversity.
AD goes beyond licensing: we run environmental-education and conservation projects in meliponiculture, the rearing and management of native stingless bees (ASF), an activity regulated by CONAMA Resolution No. 496/2020.
120M
years of bee evolution
250+
stingless-bee species in Brazil
90%
of Atlantic Forest tree species depend on animal pollination
~88%
of flowering plants depend on animal pollinators
Sources: Ollerton et al. (2011); FAO; Instituto de Pesquisas da Mata Atlântica.
"Brazil records more than 250 stingless-bee species of the Meliponini tribe, the largest known diversity of the group. About 90% of Atlantic Forest tree species depend on animal pollination (Instituto de Pesquisas da Mata Atlântica)."
The program
What meliponiculture is.
Brazil records more than 250 stingless-bee species of the Meliponini tribe, the largest known diversity of the group. About 90% of Atlantic Forest tree species depend on animal pollination (Instituto de Pesquisas da Mata Atlântica).
Meliponiculture is the managed rearing of native stingless bees (ASF), from the Meliponini tribe. They are native pollinators of Brazilian biomes and, having no functional sting, can be safely managed in areas with public and children.
For companies and developments, the program delivers pollination services, engagement of staff and surrounding communities and documented evidence of ESG commitments, with periodic technical reports.
Scope
What we deliver.
Maintenance and monitoring
Periodic technical visits with colony follow-up reports.
Environmental Education Centre
Interpretive trails, environmental signage and a solitary-bee hotel.
Training and workshops
Basic meliponiculture course with field practice for teams and community.
Hive rescue during vegetation clearing
Relocation of nests identified during ASV, integrating licensing and conservation.
ESG and engagement programs
Biodiversity applied to corporate social-environmental targets.
Formação promovida com o apoio do Pólen Dourado, empresa especializada em meliponicultura e meliprodutos.
Case study
Trilha do Mel, SESC Guadalupe.
- Context
- Environmental Education Centre of SESC CTL Guadalupe, in Sirinhaém/PE, in the Atlantic Forest of southern coastal Pernambuco.
- Execution
- Implementation of the “Trilha do Mel” meliponary with 6 colonies of three native species (Uruçu-nordestina, Canudo and Mirim-droryana), a solitary-bee hotel, interpretive environmental signage and a basic meliponiculture course with local community participation.
- Result
- 6 adapted colonies with active swarms, insect-hotel cavities occupied, spontaneous colonisation by Jataí in the meliponary and technical monitoring with bimonthly reports.
Who it is for.
- Hotels and resorts
- Residential condominiums
- Schools and educational institutions
- Industries and companies with ESG targets
- Rural properties and private reserves
Alignment with the SDGs
- SDG 15: Life on Land
- SDG 4: Quality Education
- SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
Technical and scientific basis
The program is built on recognised technical and regulatory references: ICMBio guidance on pollinator conservation, Embrapa publications on rearing and managing native bees, CONAMA Resolution No. 496/2020 governing the use and management of native stingless bees, FAO reports on agriculture's dependence on pollinators, and A.B.E.L.H.A. materials on pollinator biodiversity.
Bring the program to your operation.
We start with a feasibility assessment: suitable species, available area, audience involved and project objectives.