Etnobiologia das abelhas nativas do Brasil nas etnias Kaiabi, Kayapó, Xavante e Guarani (revisão bibliográfica)

Abstract

Ethnobiology knows a broad relationship between the relations of human beings with nature, from human origin to the knowledge of ethnic groups about plants and animals. Ethnosciences are based on studying how different cultures, the knowledge of ancestors, categories beliefs, myths, religion and medicinal use. This research consists of reviewing the knowledge of different ethnicities about native Brazilian stingless bees, comparing the ethnotaxonomy of native Brazilian bees without sting, as they are culturally called by different ethnicities. This work lists the native bees and classifies the classification in the languages of the Kaiabi Indians, where they identify nine species of bees, the Guarani. The Xavantes know about ten species of bees, but the translation or the scientific name was not found in the related works. The Kayapós, classify about 56 without sting where it was observed that these Indians are very attentive and linked to the practice of semi-domestication. The indigenous people have a wide knowledge about bees, where ethno-species are classified according to their morphology and behavior.