Meliponiculture: Importance in Sustainable Economy & Challenges

Stingless bees are eusocial insects with vestigial stings. Stingless bee keeping is known as the meliponiculture. Now a days the number of wild and managed bee colonies are declining so that cause global concern in applied pollination so meliponiculture is practiced to minimize this threat. But the deforestation and poor management practices of hive is the main problem faced by the commercial industries. The biological feature which makes the stingless bee fit for commercial pollination service is discussed here. With the growing pressure on the environment and the associated loss of honeybees, the need exists for additional pollinator species to be used in agriculture to maintain resilience in food production and improvement of yield. We believe that successful use of this pollinators will promote the development of new breeding techniques and commercialization possibilities.