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Scientific ReportsThe 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 +4 more
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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 +1 more
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The impact of forest exploitation on Amazonian stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini)
Genetics and Molecular Research, 2009 The protocols available to sustainably exploit natural forest resources are known as "sustainable forest management". This type of management generally does not take into account the effect of timber exploitation on pollinators. Stingless bees, which include many species that play an important role as pollinators and are quite diverse in the Amazon ...
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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
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Recruitment communication in stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) [PDF]
Apidologie, 2004 The stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) have evolved sophisticated communication systems that allow foragers to recruit nestmates to good resources. Over the past 50 years, a growing body of research has shown that foragers can communicate three-dimensional resource location, uncovered several potential communication mechanisms, and ...
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Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2010 Se tratan dos especies características de la Región Chaqueña: Scaptotrigona jujuyensis (Schrottky) y Lestrimelitta chacoana n. sp. Se clarifica la identidad de Trigona jujuyensis Schrottky, 1911, y se le designa un neotipo. Se presentan descripciones, ilustraciones y datos de distribución para cada especie.Two species characteristic of the Chaco region
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EntomoBrasilisIn 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 +2 more
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A New Alkenylphenol from the Propolis of Stingless Bee
Natural Product Communications, 2018 A new alkenylphenol, 2-hydroxyl-6-(14' Z -nonadecenyl)benzoic acid (1), was isolated from the ethanolic extract of Vietnamese stingless bee propolis Trigona minor (Meliponini, Apidae), together with two known compounds (2 and 3).
Hai Xuan Nguyen +6 more
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Discover SustainabilityIn the Yucatan Peninsula region, Mexico, meliponiculture or breeding of stingless bees has been practiced since pre-Hispanic times with a traditional production system (TPS), where bee colonies are housed in hollow logs called “hobone”.
Jesús F. Martínez-Puc +6 more
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Pesquisa Agropecuária GaúchaClethra scabra is a plant native to the Araucaria Forest of the Rio Grande do Sul State and provides food resources to flower visitors, however, it is threatened with extinction, and little is known about this interaction.
Sidia Witter +4 more
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