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The diversity of honey bee and entrance characteristics of stingless bees nests at a meliponiculture in Batu Gadang, West Sumatra [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesHoney bees, consist of true honey bee bees and stingless bees, are common in Indonesia. This study aimed to do the inventory on honey bee species as well as to study the entrance characteristics of stingless bee nests that exist at the meliponiculture in
Sari Melda Yunita +5 more
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Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2022 Insect pollination has been reported to have a better yield quality and quantity than artificial pollination. Wild bees, including stingless bees contribute to effective and efficient pollination on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.: Malvaceae).
Kartika Marta Djakaria +2 more
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Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Sociobiology, 2014 Very little is known about stingless bee reproductive biology or male behaviour. In this note we provide the first observations on the male aggregations (congregation sites and roosting sites) of some stingless bee species.
Charles Fernando dos Santos +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Stingless bees are major flower visitors in the tropics, but their foraging preferences and behavior are still poorly understood. Studying stingless bee interactions with angiosperms is methodologically challenging due to the high tropical plant ...
Aline C. Martins +13 more
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Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023 Honey composition vary according to floral origin and bee species from which it is produced. Understanding the composition of honey is essential for guaranteeing its quality and authenticity, and revealing its potential benefits.
Christopher Alphonce Mduda +2 more
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Antibiotics, 2020 Scientific studies about the antibacterial effects of honeydew honey produced by the stingless bee are very limited. In this study, the antibacterial activities of 46 blossom and honeydew honeys produced by both honey bees and stingless bees were ...
Wen-Jie Ng +4 more
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Frugivory by a stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Neotropical Entomology, 2010 Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers. Here we report the occurrence of frugivory in Trigona amazonensis (Ducke), a flower-visiting stingless bee.
Peruquetti, Rui C +3 more
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Yeast communities associated with stingless bees [PDF]
FEMS Yeast Research, 2003 The yeast communities associated with the stingless bees Tetragonisca angustula, Melipona quadrifasciata and Frieseomelitta varia were studied. The bees T. angustula and F. varia showed a strong association with the yeast Starmerella meliponinorum. M.
Carlos A, Rosa +6 more
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Absence of Leishmaniinae and Nosematidae in stingless bees [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractBee pollination is an indispensable component of global food production and plays a crucial role in sustainable agriculture. The worldwide decline of bee populations, including wild pollinators, poses a threat to this system. However, most studies to date are situated in temperate regions where Apini and Bombini are very abundant pollinators ...
Nunes-Silva, Patrícia +4 more
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Journal of Apicultural ScienceThe stingless bee, Lepidotrigona arcifera, which was first reported in northeast India is a pollinating insect of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Yao Yuxin +8 more
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