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Hive products science

Bee brood as traditional human food on Andros Island, Greece

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Pages 88-91 | Received 06 Nov 2021, Accepted 10 Mar 2022, Published online: 13 Jun 2022
 

Abstract

Entomophagy, the consumption of insects by humans, is a traditional practice in many countries around the world. In the northern part of Andros Island in Greece, a significant number of the inhabitants used to include bee brood in their diet. In this scientific note, results are presented from conducted interviews of field research during 2020 and 2021. The consumption varied greatly regarding the way bee brood was prepared (raw to well-cooked) and was abandoned ca. 60 years ago.

Acknowledgements

We thank Georgios Tataris for making the map of Figure 1.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

The field work of the authors on the island of Andros has been supported by the project LIFE TERRACESCAPE (http://www.lifeterracescape.aegean.gr/) co-funded by the European Commission (LIFE 16 CCA/GR/000050).

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