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ArticleJournal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine2018

Do emotions influence the motivations and preferences of keepers of stingless bees?

Roberta Monique Amâncio Carvalho, Celso Feitosa Martins, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves

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Roberta Monique Amâncio CarvalhoPrograma de Pós-graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil. robertamonique.a@gmail.com.
Celso Feitosa MartinsCentro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza - Campus I, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Laboratório de Entomologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária - Castelo Branco, João Pessoa, PB, 58051-900, Brazil.
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega AlvesDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Av. das Baraúnas, 351 - Bodocongó, Campina Grande, PB, 58109-753, Brazil.
Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves AlvesDepartamento de Biologia, Área de Ecologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n - Dois irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil.

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Abstract

backgroundAccording to the biophilia hypothesis, an emotional affiliation with nature has been inherited during human biocultural evolution. Research on beekeeping can contribute to the scientific understanding of the influence of emotions in the human-nature relationship, since this activity provides concrete experiences of beneficial interaction between the human being and the environment by stimulating conservation-friendly values among practitioners. In this study, we investigated motivations and preferences driving beekeepers' choices. We hypothesized that emotional criteria would be the main motivators in choosing to include beekeeping into small-scale farming systems. We also assumed that, once beekeeping has been chosen, the preference among species of bees for raising would also be influenced mainly by emotional criteria.

methodsData were collected from free lists and semi-structured interviews with 52 keepers of stingless bees from Sítio Xixá in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The content analysis technique was used to analyze data from interviews. The underlying criteria for motivation and preference quoted in the free lists were analyzed with Smith's Salience Index.

resultsEmotional and esthetic criteria were the most salient motivations for choosing beekeeping as one of the activities in small-scale farming systems. On the other hand, honey productivity and bee behavior were the most salient criteria for the preference for certain bee species to be kept.

conclusionsEmotional criterion had an especially notable influence on the motives for practicing beekeeping, but not on the preference of species to be raised. This demonstrates that the scenario under study represents a panorama of multiple influences in which emotions are one, but not the only, important component. Finally, our results indicate that the emotional domain should be taken into account in environmental education efforts and in the planning of bee management and nature conservation policies.

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BeekeepingChoice BehaviorEmotionsMotivationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedApicultureBiophiliaBiophobiaEthnoecologyMeliponicultureMeliponiniSmall-scale farming systems

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PMCPMC6045889

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