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Diversification as a tool for sustainable beekeeping: are international standards a bottleneck?
| dc.contributor.author | Vilas-Boas, Miguel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-11T12:01:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-03-11T12:01:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Climate changes and global market are two major stressors on beekeeping, particularly in European countries, demanding a different approach from the beekeeper side to guarantee the sustainability of the activity. The frequent changes in weather conditions modify all the behaviours that support the bee’s actions, from deregulations in the flowering calendar arising from changes in rain frequency or average temperatures, to the disappearance of many plants due to global warming and forest fires. In addition, the easy mobility of cargo all around the world enables the spreading of pests and diseases, at the same time that allows an unpredictable fluctuation on the market value of bee products. Those threats induces an even bigger problem in apiculture since the majority of European beekeepers are focused solely on the production of honey, and so, as any farm depending on a single cultivar, there is no alternative to overcome a specific handicap in the production or in the market. The answer for a sustainable beekeeping can be found within the hive, and relies on diversification. Rather than explore just honey, beekeeper must look to the colony as a factory for many different products which can supply final consumers, but also the food industry, cosmetics, pharmaceutics and even medical care or tourism. Products such as pollen, propolis, beeswax, royal jelly, or even beebread, bee brood, bee venom or api-tourism represents a potential add value and, explored together with honey production, will enhance the resilience of beekeeping against external inputs. As for any product introduced in the market, particularly for industrial propose or for human consumption, its systematic use requires a clear knowledge of its quality and impact, and so, there is need for standardization. The quality standards for honey are accepted worldwide but that is not the case for the other bee products, where only national guidelines can be found for some countries around the globe. The inexistence of recognized standards is a handicap for international trade, and makes difficult the adoption of production practises from beekeepers behalf. It is therefore critical to link the different international organizations such as ISO, EU, APIMONDIA, IHC and others, and to promote the establishment of international reliable standards. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vilas-Boas, Miguel (2018). Diversification as a tool for sustainable beekeeping: are international standards a bottleneck? In 6th International Mugla Beekeeping & Pine Honey Congress. Mugla, Turquia | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10198/19123 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Beekeeping | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Diversification as a tool for sustainable beekeeping: are international standards a bottleneck? | pt_PT |
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| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Turquia | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | 6th International Mugla Beekeeping & Pine Honey Congress | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Vilas-Boas | |
| person.givenName | Miguel | |
| person.identifier | 1693134 | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | A918-C6FF-81A4 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-8665-5280 | |
| person.identifier.rid | I-5949-2013 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 6602648497 | |
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