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New occurrence of B chromosomes in Partamona helleri (Friese, 1900) (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) [PDF]

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2009
Cytogenetic analyses of the stingless bee Partamona helleri collected in the state of Bahia, Northeast Brazil revealed the chromosome numbers n = 18 in the haploid males and 2n = 35 in the diploid females. All karyotypes displayed one large acrocentric B chromosome, which differs from the minute B chromosomes previously described in the populations ...
Martins, Cinthia Caroline Cardoso, Duarte, Olivia Maria Pereira, Waldschmidt, Ana Maria, Alves, Rogério Marco de Oliveira, Costa, Marco Antônio   +4 more
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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
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Meliponini Neotropicais: o gênero Dolichotrigona Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Dolichotrigona Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae)

Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2005
O gênero neotropical de abelhas-sem-ferrão Dolichotrigona Moure, 1950, é revisado. Sete espécies novas são descritas: D. mendersoni sp. nov. (Brasil: AM, AC, RO), D. clavicornis sp. nov. (Brasil: AC), D. rondoni sp. nov. (Brasil: RO), D. tavaresi sp. nov. (Brasil: AM, AC), D. browni sp. nov. (Brasil: RO, AC, MT; Peru, Equador, Bolívia), D.
João M. F. Camargo, Silvia R. M. Pedro
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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
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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
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Queen turnover, nest usurpation and colony mortality in wild nests of the stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Austral Entomology, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 2025.
Abstract Social bees of the tribe Meliponini (stingless bees) are used as managed pollinators of crops throughout the world's tropical and subtropical regions. On Australia's East Coast, two native species—Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi—are the most widely propagated in hives, but knowledge of their biology and ecology in natural ...
Estella Xia, Matthew Keir, Boyd Tarlinton, Caroline Hauxwell, Gabriele Buchmann, Julianne Lim, Nadine Chapman, Rosalyn Gloag   +7 more
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Wasps Beyond Bees: Crop Species of Spondias (Anacardiaceae) Vary in Floral Scent and Attract Different Pollinator Taxa

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 7, Page 1070-1083, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Spondias species are increasingly valued for their fruit production, which relies heavily on insect pollination. The flowers of these species are generalised, attracting a diverse array of insect visitors, including bees, beetles, flies, wasps and butterflies.
Guaraci Duran Cordeiro, Paulo Milet‐Pinheiro, Liedson Tavares Carneiro, Daniela Maria do Amaral Ferraz Navarro, Stefan Dötterl, Isabel Alves‐dos‐Santos   +5 more
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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
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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
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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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