**Meet the editor**

Dr. Emerson Dechechi Chambó has a Bachelor of Biological Science, a Specialist degree in Ecology and a Master's degree in Animal Science from Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), Brazil. He holds a Doctorate degree in Animal Science from the Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Brazil. He is presently a researcher with PNPD/CAPES, linked to

UNIOESTE and Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), where he works in the graduate program in Sustainable Rural Development and Agricultural Sciences, respectively. He is a member of two renowned bee research groups in Brazil, namely the Bee Research Group at the UEM and the Group Insecta at UFRB. Top among his interests are the study of beekeeping and experimental statistics.
