Estudo de caso: amor agarradinho (antigonon leptopus) uma alternativa de subsistência para as apis melífera.

Abstract

Beekeeping is a fundamental and important role for agriculture due to its efficiency of pollination of flowers, increasing and improving the production and fruit quality. The study was conducted at the Prata-PB at the site Good Luck owner Peter Stephen grandson who is 3 km from the city. Aiming to show the importance of the species agarradinho love (Antigonon leptopus) as an alternative livelihood activity apis melifera in semiarid Paraiba, a period of low rainfall. Appropriate visits where the observations of the apiaries was made to see if he was having a proper sanitary control and to give maintenance is necessary if the case was held. It was found that the producer Pedro Estevão Neto using the sort amor agarradinho (Antigonon leptopus) succeeded excellent result while beekeepers not envestiram this alternative failed to keep their hives.