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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