Traditional ecological knowledge and non-food uses of stingless bee honey in Kenya’s last pocket of tropical rainforest

Traditional ecological knowledge and non-food uses of stingless bee honey in Kenya’s last pocket of tropical rainforest

Abstract Background Stingless bee honey (SBH) is a natural remedy and therapeutic agent traditionally used by local communities across the (sub-)tropics. Forest SBH represents a prime non-timber forest product (NTFP) with a potential to revitalize indigenous foodways and to generate income in rural...

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Main Authors: Madeleine Héger, Pierre Noiset, Kiatoko Nkoba, Nicolas J. Vereecken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Indigenous knowledge
Meliponini
Kakamega forest
Traditional medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00614-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-023-00614-3

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