Análise histórica sobre acidentes com abelhas no Brasil

Abstract

Apis mellifera is a bee species valuable to the maintenance of human life in the planet, given the benefits of your ecological interactions. Yet the growing urbanization, allied to a great A. mellifera adaptability, have caused accidental encounters between people and swarms in these urban enviroments. This study objective is to better comprehend the evolution of accident case numbers and deaths by bee stings in Brazil, in between the years of 2007 and 2021, and also the accident distribution by sex and regions across the country, together with the build of a correlation between the accidents ocurrences and average annual temperature in Brazil. The analyzed data were obtained via consultation of the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN). During the study period, a total of 194.311 accidents were registered, resulting in 591 deaths all over Brazil. This analyzed period revealed that these occurrences are increasing year by year. Men have suffered significantly more accidents and deaths when compared to woman. The southeast region concentrated the majority of accidents and deaths, while the midwest presented less cases. There was a positive correlation between the numbers of accidents by bee stings per year and the average annual temperature. It was observed that, in the year of 2019, a higher number of accidents were registered, and it was also the hottest year. These results demonstrate that the number of accidents is increasing, and they appear to be correlated to the temperature raising. Thus, more specific studies to better comprehend the defensive behavior of bees in these environments, under such climate conditions, are urgent.