Educação ambiental com abelhas nativas: uma proposta de aplicação para além das salas de aulas

Abstract

Environmental Education emerged as a means to promote environmental awareness, focusing on the preservation and conservation of biodiversity, as well as the promotion of sustainable practices. With the aim of proposing Environmental Education initiatives through contact with native pollinators and by integrating Citizen Science activities, educational meliponaries were established along with a monitoring form to record bee activity through community participation. Educational activities were also carried out in two schools in the municipality with 4th-grade classes. As a result, during the form-testing phase, a higher percentage of responses was obtained from adults, and the periods of greatest visitation corresponded to the afternoon. To date, Jk Square shows a greater presence of Jataí and Iraí bees, while in Bento Munhoz da Rocha Square, Jataí bees are predominant. Regarding the activities conducted i the schools, the students showed interest in the topic, although a lack of Environmental Education as a tool for awareness-raising was observed.