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Abstract
This article aims to discuss on the cooperation and associative organization, its benefits and its main hindrances for a bigger consolidation
of this type of organization. It also discusses the sudden and consequent development in the beekeeping sector. Therefore, it is set out
as objective, to analyze whether the associative beekeeping is relevant regarding to the articulation and development capacity of the
sector. In order to reach this objective, the research has used information obtained trough a seminary, in which debates about beekeeping
occurred; non structured interviews, with representatives of Confederação Brasileira de Apicultura - CBA, Federação Apícola do Rio
Grande do Sul – FARGS, beekeeping associations, and with specialists of the area. It was intended to approach to the beekeeping activity
relevance, its history, and its contributions to the agribusiness development, concerning not only to the external market problem in face
of the embargos, but also, internal problems related to the consumption and commercialization of the bee products. It was possible to
note that, even the associativism present problems which demands to advance and to be overcome, such as the lack of commitment and
the opportunism of some associates in face of the associative organization, the group realizes the collective strength they have, being
capable to articulate the sector aiming its development, as well as the potential market development.