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Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous students possess distinct, situated traditional ecological knowledge about bees that can generate locally grounded hypotheses for pollinator conservation, though their perceptions of population trends differ. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Assess bee-related traditional ecological knowledge and perceptions of pollinator abundance among Guarani and Kaiowá Indigenous university students in Brazil.

August 29, 2026Journal of Insect ConservationOpen Access

Traditional ecological knowledge about bees among Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous students in central-western Brazil: implications for pollinator conservation

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WBWalkiria BenitesUniversidade Federal da Grande Dourados LGLaura GislotiUniversidade Federal do Oeste do Pará GMGislaine MonfortUniversidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

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Cross-sectional survey reveals rich bee knowledge and perceived declines in Indigenous students, highlighting intercultural education's value for local pollinator monitoring.

Key Points

Assess bee-related traditional ecological knowledge and perceptions of pollinator abundance among Guarani and Kaiowá Indigenous university students in Brazil.
Administered structured questionnaires, an open-ended bilingual prompt, and a visual recognition task featuring 20 illustrated taxa across five bee families to 150 Guarani and Kaiowá students across six cohorts (2019–2024).
Analyzed textual similarity across open-ended responses and used logistic regression models to evaluate temporal trends in perceived bee presence.
Guarani participants more frequently distinguished stinging from stingless bees than Kaiowá participants (78.9% vs. 62.4%; OR = 2.26, p = 0.046), with recognition largely focused on Apidae species.
Perceived bee presence declined over time among Kaiowá respondents (OR = 0.56 per year, p < 0.001), whereas Guarani respondents showed no significant temporal trend (OR = 0.88, p = 0.49).

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Benites et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a92995f8e5d7d1fc0c1143c https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-026-00818-4

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August 29, 2026Journal of Insect ConservationOpen Access

Traditional ecological knowledge about bees among Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous students in central-western Brazil: implications for pollinator conservation

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Authors

WBWalkiria BenitesUniversidade Federal da Grande Dourados LGLaura GislotiUniversidade Federal do Oeste do Pará GMGislaine MonfortUniversidade Federal do Oeste do Pará

Discussion

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Implication

Cross-sectional survey reveals rich bee knowledge and perceived declines in Indigenous students, highlighting intercultural education's value for local pollinator monitoring.

Key Points

Assess bee-related traditional ecological knowledge and perceptions of pollinator abundance among Guarani and Kaiowá Indigenous university students in Brazil.
Administered structured questionnaires, an open-ended bilingual prompt, and a visual recognition task featuring 20 illustrated taxa across five bee families to 150 Guarani and Kaiowá students across six cohorts (2019–2024).
Analyzed textual similarity across open-ended responses and used logistic regression models to evaluate temporal trends in perceived bee presence.
Guarani participants more frequently distinguished stinging from stingless bees than Kaiowá participants (78.9% vs. 62.4%; OR = 2.26, p = 0.046), with recognition largely focused on Apidae species.
Perceived bee presence declined over time among Kaiowá respondents (OR = 0.56 per year, p < 0.001), whereas Guarani respondents showed no significant temporal trend (OR = 0.88, p = 0.49).

Cite This Study

Benites et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a92995f8e5d7d1fc0c1143c https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-026-00818-4

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