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Stingless robber bees of the genus Lestrimelitta in Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Caldasia, 2019
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are culturally and economically important bees and they repre-sent a major component of the Colombian melittofauna.
Diego A. Guevara, Victor H. Gonzalez, Rodulfo Ospina   +2 more
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Physicochemical and microbiological quality of honeys produced by stingless bees Scaptotrigona polysticta, Melipona illota and Tetragonisca angustula (Apidae: Meliponini) in San Martín, Peru

Peruvian Journal of Agronomy, 2020
The honeys from stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) are recognized for their medicinal properties. They are commonly used by many indigenous groups around the world.
Marilena Marconi, Javier Ormeño Luna, Carlos Daniel Vecco Giove   +2 more
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The evolution of haploid chromosome numbers in Meliponini.

PLoS ONE, 2019
It is thought that two evolutionary mechanisms gave rise to chromosomal variation in bees: the first one points to polyploidy as the main cause of chromosomal evolution, while the second, Minimum Interaction Theory (MIT), is more frequently used to ...
Natália Martins Travenzoli, Danon Clemes Cardoso, Hugo de Azevedo Werneck, Tânia Maria Fernandes-Salomão, Mara Garcia Tavares, Denilce Meneses Lopes   +5 more
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Nidificação de abelhas nativas sem ferrão (Apidae, Meliponini) em substratos arbóreos em áreas antropizadas no município de Inconfidentes, Brasil

Entomology Beginners, 2023
As abelhas da tribo Meliponini, conhecidas popularmente por indígenas ou sem ferrão (ASF), constituem uma tribo de insetos eussociais que utilizam diferentes substratos para nidificação, como ocos e forquilhas de árvore, cavidades no solo e construções ...
Cibelle Cristine dos Santos Menino, Gabriel Teófilo Guedes, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +2 more
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Pollen Exposed to Aerial Pesticide Spray Is a Major Exposure Pathway for Stingless Bees [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We conducted a molecular ecology experiment to determine foraging of stingless bees and potential exposure routes for aerially applied pesticides. We found that 27% of forager bees brought back Bti to the hive, and that this is a major route for pesticide exposure.
Hereward J, Johnson B, Wilson R, Smith T, Graham M, Alsemgeest D, Devine G, Furlong M.   +7 more
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Nest architectures of myrmecophilous stingless bees, Trigona cfr. cilipes and Paratrigona sp., from Peruvian Amazon

Fragmenta entomologica, 2022
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are corbiculate and eusocial bees, including over 500 species distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. They establish perennial colonies using a large variety of nesting sites, as well as
Marilena Marconi, Alessandro Modesti, Carlos Daniel Vecco Giove, Emiliano Mancini, Andrea Di Giulio   +4 more
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Overview of Stingless Bees in Brazil (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

EntomoBrasilis, 2023
Species richness of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) was organized and updated from previously published data. From this research, we found 28 genera with 259 valid species and 62 undescribed species, in addition, brief comments on the ...
David Silva Nogueira
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Geographic Range and Nest Architecture of Cephalotrigona Capitata Smith, 1854 (Apidae: Meliponini) in the State of Bahia, Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2019
The bees of the genus Cephalotrigona (locally known as “mombucas”) play a key role in natural environments but their bioecological features, required to design proper management and conservation strategies, are scarce in most species.
Alves Rogério M. D. O., Waldschmidt Ana M., Paixão Joana F., Santos Daiane R., Carvalho Carlos A. L.   +4 more
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Genome-wide discovery and characterization of microsatellite markers from Melipona fasciculata (Hymenoptera: Apidae), cross-amplification and a snapshot assessment of the genetic diversity in two stingless bee populations

European Journal of Entomology, 2018
Brazilian native meliponines are currently threatened by increased human impacts. The assessment of their genetic variation by microsatellite DNA markers can assist in the conservation of populations and help in the planning and establishment of ...
Geice Ribeiro Da SILVA, Isis Gomes De Brito SOUZA, Fabia De Mello PEREIRA, Bruno De Almeida SOUZA, Maria Teresa Do Rego LOPES, Paul BENTZEN, Fabio Mendonça DINIZ   +6 more
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Stingless bee floral visitation in the global tropics and subtropics

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Bees play a key role in maintaining healthy terrestrial ecosystems by pollinating plants. Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are a diverse clade of social bees (>500 species) with a pantropical distribution spanning South and Central America, Africa ...
Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno, Liam Kendall, Denise Araujo Alves, Manuel Lequerica Tamara, Tim Heard, Tanya Latty, Rosalyn Gloag   +6 more
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