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Distinct Intra‐ and Interspecific Foraging Patterns of Stingless Bee Species as a Conservation Tool

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
In this study, we examined the foraging patterns of three rescued stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas using melissopalynology and plant–pollinator network analysis. We found distinct floral foraging patterns both within and among three stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas, suggesting niche partitioning at multiple levels.
Sissi Lozada‐Gobilard, Pamela Cristina Santana, Yamil Maidana‐Tuco, Elvis Otmar Gutierrez, Teresa Ortuño   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal Tolerance in the Cellophane Bee Colletes inaequalis Reflects Early Spring Adaptation and Is Independent of Body Size and Sex

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
The cellophane bee, Colletes inaequalis, is a ground‐nesting, solitary species and key pollinator of spring plants. Our study shows it is thermally adapted to early spring conditions, with similar thermal traits in males and females despite differences in body size and emergence timing.
Victor H. Gonzalez, Natalie Herbison, Andres Herrera, Kennan Oyen, Deborah R. Smith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rescue of Stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) nests: an important form of mitigating impacts caused by deforestation

Sociobiology, 2014
As stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, their preservation is of vital importance to sustain the global ecosystem and to safeguard human food resources.
Luciano Costa, Rafael Franco, Leandro Guimarães, Ayrton Vollet Neto, Filipi Silva, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ovary Activation in Virgin Queens of Plebeia lucii Moure (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

Sociobiology
Stingless bees (Meliponini) are commonly used in meliponiculture and pollination. In colonies of Plebeia lucii Moure (Hymenoptera: Meliponini), a single queen undergoes changes in hormone profiles, as well as physiological, behavioral, transcriptional ...
Ana Paula Pereira Raimundo, Natan Martins Silva, Jaqueline Amorim Pereira, Amanda Martins da Cruz Souza, Jullie Anne Pereira Farias, José Cola Zanuncio, José Eduardo Serrão   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Influence of the Loss of Brazilian Savanna Vegetation on the Occurrence of Nests of Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponini)

Sociobiology, 2014
The vegetation of the Cerrado, also known as the Brazilian savanna, is rapidly being replaced by agricultural and urban areas. The scope of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the reduction in savanna vegetation and the occurrence of ...
Fabiana Curtopassi Pioker-Hara, Murilo Sergio Drummond, Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meliponini and Apini in Africa (Apidae: Apinae): a review on the challenges and stakes bound to their diversity and their distribution

Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2015
Introduction. Meliponini and Apini contribute to the pollination of flowering plants and to improving agricultural yields. These bees' diversity, distribution and abundance depend on the ecosystem in which they evolve.
Fabre Anguilet, EC., Nguyen, BK., Ndong, TB., Haubruge, E., Francis, F.   +4 more
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Managing the parasitic honey bee mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae through combined cultural and chemical control methods

Scientific Reports
The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is severely impacted by the parasitic Tropilaelaps mercedesae mite, which has the capacity to outcompete Varroa destructor mites (the current leading cause of colony losses) and more rapidly overwhelm colonies ...
Rogan Tokach, Bajaree Chuttong, Dan Aurell, Lakkhika Panyaraksa, Geoffrey R. Williams   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A scientific note on the presence of functional tibia for pollen transportation in the robber bee Lestrimelitta limao Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Sociobiology, 2014
Stingless bees belonging to the Lestrimelitta genus shows a unique foraging ecology for the group. Instead of collecting food from flowers, these bees steal their food from other stingless bees’ hives.
Lucas Garcia von Zuben, Túlio Marcos Nunes   +1 more
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Una especie nueva de Trigonisca y nuevos registros de abejas sin aguijón para la Argentina (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Caldasia, 2018
Una especie nueva de Trigonisca es descrita para el Noroeste de Argentina, Trigonisca sachamiski sp. nov., la cual se distribuye en las provincias de Salta y Jujuy. Se presentan también mapas de distribución, notas comparativas y sinopsis de las especies
Leopoldo Jesus Alvarez, Mariano Lucia
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic notes with update of records of Trigona (Dichrotrigona) Engel, 2021 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

EntomoBrasilis
In this paper, we provide taxonomic notes for species of the Trigona (Dichrotrigona) Engel, 2021, with additional photographs. An identification key and a distribution map of the species of this subgenus is also provided here.
Cristiano Feitosa Ribeiro, David Silva Nogueira, Marcio Luiz de Oliveira   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source