Melipona Bees - Indigenous Knowledge

Stingless Melipona bees are sacred to the Yucuna Indigenous people of Colombia, who believe the bees were created to protect life.
Now, Indigenous leaders are working to ensure that their ancestral knowledge of Melipona bees - and the bees themselves - survive.
The exchange “Reproducing Bees and Knowledge” was part of the Amazonia Indigenous Women’s Fellowship program, an initiative by Conservation International with funds from the French Government.
The fellowship supports Indigenous women leaders & their conservation actions across the Amazon.