As a socially responsible company, Xel-Ha promotes the rescue of a Yucatan Peninsula’s ancestral tradition that has been fading over time: the keeping of the mayan bee, also called meliponiculture or stingless beekeeping.
What is meliponiculture?
The mayan bees (or stingless bees), live in the planet’s tropical regions, In Mexico they can be located mostly in the southeast area, in the Yucatan Peninsula. Their scientific name is Melipona becheii benetth , and they belong to the family APIDAE.
In the Mayan language, they receive different designations, depending on the region: Xunaan Cab, X´colel Cab, Pool Cab and Hobon Cab.
