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# Stingless-bee practices in South India span medicine, culture and management
- URL: https://intelligence.wildlandseco.com/2026-11-02-india-stingless-bee-ethnobiological-practices/
- Published: 2026-11-02T15:31:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-02T15:31:07.000Z
- Description: A survey of 15 communities documented a knowledge system more diverse than conventional hive-production measures.
- Author: Benjamin Worlund
- Tags: Wildlife, Land, Governance, One Health, #ecological-intelligence, #brief-2026-11-02, #global-radar, #peer-reviewed, #geo-asia

Evidence

Peer-reviewed

Geography

13 districts, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Goa, India

System

Stingless bee ethnobiology, pollination and community knowledge

## WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

Seventy-nine interviews across 15 ethnic communities produced 44 reported uses of stingless bees and their products. Traditions ranged from non-destructive coconut, bamboo and mud hives to destructive extraction; respondents also described an untested pollen remedy for bee disease.

## WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Cultural practices can preserve valuable management observations and species relationships that are rarely represented in biodiversity inventories.

## CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

Snowball sampling is not representative; veterinary and medicinal reports are not trials. Peer-reviewed accepted article may receive final formatting changes.

## SOURCE

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine — Charanakumar et al. (30 Oct 2026)  
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