**Chapter 9 153**

Diagnostic Radioentomology *by Mark Greco*

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Southeast Asian Meliponiculture for Sustainable Livelihood *by Atsalek Rattanawannee and Orawan Duangphakdee*

Preface

Beekeeping in recent years has seen a strong increase in both its production and its scientific development in response to an increasing consumption of bee products and pollination requirements to respond to the enormous world demand for safe

Despite the aforementioned, beekeeping has faced new challenges that threaten its future and which have undoubtedly become restrictive factors for production.

Such are the problems, that there are scientists who think that this productive activity could become extinct given new diseases, climate change, indiscriminate application of pesticides, and loss of natural spaces where honey and other products of the hive were formerly produced. Habitat loss is one of the serious problems

In addition to the diseases and pests of bees that are currently distributed

antibiotics and others. This is a great challenge for the world's beekeepers.

worldwide, there is the challenge of producing food free of contaminants such as

Given the great importance that bees have for ecology and man, this book was written in simple and accessible terms for different readers and it includes very relevant topics such as bee diseases, the effect of pesticides on bees and its products, sustainable productive management, analysis of pollen present in honeys, molecular techniques for analyzing products, production of royal jelly, ecological management of bees and their importance in the conservation of plant species,

The chapters have been written by leading world-class researchers and presented in a way that is understandable to the reader. The book is intended for researchers, academics, undergraduate and graduate students, beekeepers, entrepreneurs, as well as the general public, who will find answers in each chapter. The chapters respond to most of the problems that beekeepers face and correspond to the latest

For this editor, it has been a source of great pride to give shape to the present work and to interact with the different authors with my observations so that the works are written in the best possible way for the reader, be it a researcher, student, professional beekeeper or any person who is interested in starting out in this beautiful profession

**Ramón Eduardo Rebolledo Ranz**

University of La Frontera,

Chile

research carried out by researchers in their respective subjects.

that brings many benefits both for him and for nature.

products.

facing global beekeeping.

as well as a chapter on meliponiculture.
