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 species that are used in zootherapy, i.e., the use of animals for medicinal purposes.Honey bees (Apis mellifera) can be considered a zootherapy keystone spe