Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105193
Title: Bee Products: A Representation of Biodiversity, Sustainability, and Health
Authors: Durazzo, Alessandra
Lucarini, Massimo
Plutino, Manuela
Lucini, Luigi
Aromolo, Rita
Martinelli, Erika
Souto, Eliana B. 
Santini, Antonello
Pignatti, Giuseppe
Keywords: bee products; honey; biodiversity; sustainability; ecosystem services; health; bioindicators
Issue Date: 15-Sep-2021
Publisher: MDPI
metadata.degois.publication.title: Life
metadata.degois.publication.volume: 11
metadata.degois.publication.issue: 9
Abstract: Biodiversity strengthens the productivity of any ecosystem (agricultural land, forest, lake, etc.). The loss of biodiversity contributes to food and energy insecurity; increases vulnerability to natural disasters, such as floods or tropical storms; and decreases the quality of both life and health. Wild and managed bees play a key role in maintaining the biodiversity and in the recovery and restoration of degraded habitats. The novelty character of this perspective is to give an updated representation of bee products' biodiversity, sustainability, and health relationship. The role of bees as bioindicators, their importance in the conservation of biodiversity, their ecosystem services, and the variety of the bee products are described herein. An overview of the main components of bee products, their biological potentials, and health is highlighted and detailed as follows: (i) nutritional value of bee products, (ii) bioactive profile of bee products and the related beneficial properties; (iii) focus on honey and health through a literature quantitative analysis, and (iv) bee products explored through databases. Moreover, as an example of the interconnection between health, biodiversity, and sustainability, a case study, namely the "Cellulose Park", realized in Rome (Italy), is presented here. This case study highlights how bee activities can be used to assess and track changes in the quality of agricultural ecosystems-hive products could be valid indicators of the quality and health of the surrounding environment, as well as the changes induced by the biotic and abiotic factors that impact the sustainability of agricultural production and biodiversity conservation in peri-urban areas.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/105193
ISSN: 2075-1729
DOI: 10.3390/life11090970
Rights: openAccess
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