Beyond Pollination: Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) as Zootherapy Keystone Species
The keystone species concept is a useful ecological concept to explain how some species exert a strong force on their community structure; this paper strives to expand the definition to include visual comfort primitive swing arm species that are used in zootherapy, i.e., the use of animals for medicinal purposes.Honey bees (Apis mellifera) can be c