{"doi":"10.1007/978-3-031-43274-3","title":"Stingless Bee Nest Cerumen and Propolis, Volume 1","abstract":"European honeybees (Apis mellifera) collect exudates from buds and sap of certain trees and plants to protect the hive against insects and microorganisms as well as to seal cracks and reinforce the combs.Its resinous complex is called propolis.Propolis has attracted distinct attention owing to its various biological activities, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anticancer properties, and it is widely used in folk medicine in many regions worldwide.Moreover, propolis is extensively used in foods, beverages, and supplements to prevent diseases, such as inflammation, heart disease, and cancer, as well as in cosmetics as a beauty aid.Stingless bees comprise other bee species that are widespread over tropical and subtropical regions of the world.They also produce propolis which is used for sealing their beehives to protect the bee colonies against threats from macro-and microorganism.Propolis from stingless bees has also been used in indigenous medicines.However, ecological and chemical studies on the stingless bee propolis are limited compared to those of European honeybee propolis.Therefore, information on the ecological aspect, chemical composition, biological activities, and plant origin of stingless bee propolis is needed to investigate its potential utility.Cerumen pots of stingless bee are typically oval-shaped, and can be categorized into brood cells and food pots.The material used by stingless bees for nest construction has sometimes been called batumen or cerumen.This two-volume book contains seven parts.Part I describes the stingless bees from Southeast Asia, propolis and resinous plant biodiversity.Part II discusses the resins for the plant, the environment and the stingless bees.Part III discusses the chemical composition of cerumen, plant resins and propolis.Part IV provides the bioactivity of stingless bee cerumen, propolis and geopropolis.Part V presents the cultural uses and commercial products.Part VI deals with the sustainable stingless bee keeping and conservation.Finally, Part VII addresses the marketing and standards of cerumen and propolis.The authors of the book Stingless Bee Nest Cerumen and Propolis have presented basic information along with recent development on ecological aspects of stingless bees cerumen and propolis providing access to the recent literature.They viii have not only shared recent ideas on the propolis research, but also discussed challenges for future research.The purpose of this book is to present a comprehensive and cutting-edge description on the characterization and beneficial effects of stingless bees cerumen and propolis to readers.","journal":null,"year":2024,"id":466540,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":4,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.955,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1299132,"name":"Bankova, Vassya","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1299133,"name":"Popova, Milena","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1299134,"name":"W Roubik, David","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1299131,"name":"Vit, Patricia","orcid":null,"position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:05:06.743102Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}