Meliponiculture
Meliponiculture is the raising of melipona bees or stingless bees, endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula.
This practice has a deeply rooted cultural role among the Maya. The hives and the accompanying know-how are traditionally passed down from generation to generation. However, this sociocultural heritage has been in decline for several decades.
This project focuses on the rehabilitation of local traditional knowledge centered on meliponiculture and participates in the empowerment of the Mayan women of Yalcobá.
In addition to the economic and medicinal benefits for Mayan families, the reactivation of meliponiculture in Yalcobá also helps to preserve the declining Mayan identity.
The women managed to create their own collective, under the name Melikaab, and were able to start selling their own honey and other processed products (soap, cream).
