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Polinização de pepino, Cucumis sativus L. (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), pelas abelhas sem ferrão Scaptotrigona aff. depilis moure e Nannotrigona testaceicornis lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) em casas de vegetação [PDF]

When for a successful fruit development the fertilization of flowers is necessary, bees can be used as crop-pollinators in greenhouses. In the present study, we investigated the effectiveness of the stingless bees Scaptotrigona aff.
BEGO, Luci R., ROSELINO, Ana C., SANTOS, Solange A.B. dos   +2 more
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Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees

Journal of Comparative Physiology A
AbstractStingless bees engage in a range of visually guided behaviours that require relatively high spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity. Although the eyes of honeybees, bumblebees, carpenter bees, and sweat bees have been studied extensively, there is limited knowledge of stingless bees.
Bhavana Penmetcha, Laura A Ryan, Yuri Ogawa, Nathan S Hart, Ajay Narendra   +4 more
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Viruses in Brazilian stingless bees

Journal of Apicultural Research
Stingless bees are important pollinators in tropical and subtropical areas. The breeding of native stingless bee species from the Meliponini tribe to obtain honey, pollen, and geopropolis (meliponiculture) is a promising activity in Brazil with economic, social, and environmental impacts.
Suelen Oliveira França, Carine Mascena Peixoto, Maria Emilene Correia-Oliveira, Larissa Freitas de Melo, Júlio Cesar Melo Poderoso, João Albany Costa, Maria Angélica Pereira de Carvalho Costa, Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho   +7 more
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Distribution of Stingless Bee (Trigona spp.) from Meliponiculture in South Sumatra Province, Indonesia

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika
This study aims to determine species distribution by observing the stingless bees cultivated by the community in South Sumatra Province using meliponiculture. By visiting boxes and studying the entrance and characteristics of stingless bee hives at each
Beni Rahmad, Nurhayati Damiri, Zazili Hanafiah, Dessy Adriani   +3 more
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The Value of Stingless Bee Bioproducts for Human Health and Conservation: A Systematic Review

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In this systematic review, we look to the long-established medical relationship between humans and stingless bees to support the notion that health and conservation research needs to look differently at examples of the relationship between human health ...
Evodia Silva-Rivera, Guillermo Vázquez-Domínguez, Óscar Hipólito Mota-Sánchez, Itzayana Hernández-De la Cruz, Rubí Marisol Franco-José, Noé Velázquez-Rosas, Rodolfo Martínez-Mota   +6 more
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Stingless bee honey (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): a review of quality control, chemical profile, and biological potential

, 2021
E. C. A. Souza, C. Menezes, A. Flach
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Species Richness and Nesting Sites of Stingless Bees in the Forest and Settlement Areas in Banten Province, Indonesia and their Morphometry

Hayati Journal of Biosciences
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) are distributed in the tropics, and there are more than 600 species worldwide, Forty-six species were recorded in Indonesia.
Tri Atmowidi, Widia Bela Oktaviani, Khadijah Nurul Karimah, Taruni Sri Prawasti, Dorly, Windra Priawandiputra   +5 more
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Could fungal infection make ant societies more open? [PDF]

, 2015
Ant colonies are a highly rewarding target for many pathogens and parasites and they also host various species of social parasites that exploit their social system.
Babik, Hanna, Csata, Enikő, Markó, Bálint, Rákosy, László, Timus, Natalia, Witek, Magdalena   +5 more
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Food profitability and recruitment behaviour in a scent trail laying stingless bee (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis) [PDF]

, 2008
Innerhalb der sozialen Insekten haben viele Gruppen die faszinierende Fähigkeit entwickelt, Nestgenossinnen zu rekrutieren. Rekrutierung beruht auf einer Kommunikation, die angewandt wird, um Mitglieder des Nestes zu einem bestimmten Ort zu bringen, wo ...
Barth, Friedrich G., Schmidt, Veronika M., Zucchi, Ronaldo   +2 more
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region

Brazilian Journal of Biology
In a caatinga region the flowers and nonfloral resources visited by highly eusocial bees, stingless beess and Apis mellifera (Africanized honey bee) were studied.
M. C. A. Lorenzon, C. A. R. Matrangolo
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