Associação apícola na comunidade indígena potiguara da Paraíba sob perspectiva da etnozootecnia

Abstract

The local knowledge of the traditional communities is fundamental to understand the ecological and social relationships, helping on discovering the influence of those situations on the human life. Indian communities are a relevant part of those traditional communities, keeping a different kind of relationship with animals. Ethnozootecny embraces the relevance of the animal life in the society, and the relations between human beings, animals, its environments and the studies can be used as a source of information for the development of socially viable practices to increase the production ina valid way and for the conservation of biodiversity and culture. Beekeeping can be seen as an alternative inside of the family farming, with a big impact on the makings of small farmers. The data collect for this project was made in three different stages: observation of the social and cultural organization of the community and its relationship with the animals and the environment, by using a methodology of “data generator”; with dialogs and data collect about the ecological conscience of the community and the impact of their production activities inside the ecological context and of the environmental preservation, including the conception of the disappearance of bees; and, at last, the observation of the productive and administrative stages. With this research it was possible do observe the Indian knowledge of sting bees, concluding that, nowadays, even after the evolution and modernization of the Indian communities, there is a close relationship between humans and animals similar to the old Indian communities, helping a sustainable creation, harmonically and with a high production.