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Nesting behavior of stingless bees [PDF]

Ciência Animal Brasileira, 2020
Abstract Native bees, besides excellent producers of honey, lend a great legacy to humanity through their ability to pollinate plants and the consequent preservation of ecosystems. In this interspecific relation, bees are benefited by plant species by the provision of food (nectar and pollen), besides using their branches and trunks for lodging ...
Carlos Roberto da Costa Macedo, Italo de Souza Aquino, Péricles de Farias Borges, Alex da Silva Barbosa, Geovergue Rodrigues de Medeiros   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

A scientific note on the use of stingless bees for commercial pollination in enclosures [PDF]

, 1999
Stingless bees are considered to be very important pollinators in the tropics, and they are known to effectively pollinate at least 9 crops [1]. Nevertheless, they are seldomly used for commercial pollination.
Salazar, William, Sanchez, Luis Alejandro, Sandi, Miriam, Slaa, E.J.   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Taxonomic Status of Stingless Bee Lepidotrigona Arcifera (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) From The Southwest China - Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Apicultural Science
The 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, Tang Xiangyou, Li Yaohui, Song Huali, Jiang Yan, Chen Xinlan, Zha Luo, Wang Wenfeng, Xu Jinshan   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical profiling, biological properties and environmental contaminants of stingless bee honey and propolis

Journal of Apicultural Research, 2021
Stingless bee honey is a unique edible natural product and has been used by humankind for millenniums for various purposes, mostly as food and for therapeutic uses.
Z. Ngaini, Hasnain Hussain, Easter Sirah Kelabo, R. Wahi, S. Farooq   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Floral trait similarity at the community‐level increases reproductive success suggesting facilitation through pollinator sharing

Oikos, EarlyView.
The ability of plants to attract pollinators is context‐dependent, influenced by floral traits, abundance, and resources from the plant community. Indirect interactions through shared pollinators, from competition to facilitation, may lead to varied reproductive outputs in plants, and the mechanisms behind these interactions remain to be fully ...
Marsal D. De Amorim, Pedro J. Bergamo, Elisa Thébault, Luís G. S. Perugini, Sabrina A. Lopes, André R. Rech, Pietro K. M. Maruyama   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are isomeric alkenes used in species recognition among neo-tropical stingless bees (Melipona spp) [PDF]

, 2017
The majority of our understanding of the role of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) in recognition is based largely on temperate ant species and honey bees. The stingless bees remain relatively poorly studied, despite being the largest group of eusocial bees ...
A Pianaro, AM Angioy, C Rasmussen, Carlos A. L. de Carvalho, CD Michener, CD Michener, CF Santos dos, Cândida B. da S. Lima, D Morgan, D Pradella, DA Carlson, DL Nascimento, DW Roubik, EO Wilson, FC Abdalla, GD Prestwich, GJ Blomquist, IC Tannure-Nascimento, IC Tannure-Nascimento, J Rouault, JJG Quezada-Euan, KH Lockey, MD Breed, MJ Ferreira-Caliman, R Kather, R Kather, RM Guillem, RW Howard, S Koulianos, SD Leonhardt, SD Leonhardt, SD Leonhardt, SD Leonhardt, SF Sakagami, SJ Martin, SJ Martin, SJ Martin, SJ Martin, Stephen J. Martin, Sue Shemilt, T Brütsch, TD Wyatt, VA Nascimento, WE Kerr   +43 more
core   +3 more sources

Community‐level effects of Müllerian mimicry on pollinator diversity and functioning

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Müllerian mimicry, a mutualistic interaction in which harmful species evolve similar warning signals, is often accompanied by niche divergence among mimetic species. While these aspects have traditionally been studied in an evolutionary context, their community‐level ...
Paola Laiolo, José Ramón Obeso
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Characterization of Physicochemical and Antioxidants Properties of Processed Heterotrigona itama Honey from Different Origins and Classification by Chemometrics Analysis

Molecules, 2019
Stingless bee honey produced by Heterotrigona itama from different botanical origins was characterised and discriminated. Three types of stingless bee honey collected from acacia, gelam, and starfruit nectars were analyzed and compared with Apis ...
Sharina Shamsudin, Jinap Selamat, Maimunah Sanny, Shamsul Bahari A.R., Nuzul Noorahya Jambari, Alfi Khatib   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a global repository of insect traits (GRIT)

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Biodiversity loss is accelerating, yet insect conservation is hindered by the absence of a centralised, comprehensive trait database. We propose the GRIT, a FAIR, open‐access platform uniting datasets and collaborators worldwide. GRIT will harness advanced computational tools for trait acquisition and imputation, enabling large‐scale ecological ...
Pedro Cardoso, Nathan Jay Baker, Mário Boieiro, Dries Bonte, Paulo A. V. Borges, Michael F. Braby, Vasco Branco, Dragan Chobanov, Luis Correia, Daniel T. Dalton, Mariana Damas‐Mora, Raphael K. Didham, Lynne Forster, Richard Glatz, Jacob A. Gorneau, Axel Hochkirch, Ameli Kirse, Elinor M. Lichtenberg, Nuria Macías‐Hernández, Marija Miličić, Melinda Moir, Pablo Moreno‐García, Ruth Neessen, Jorge Ari Noriega, Clint A. Penick, Kayla I. Perry, James Pryke, Carla Rego, Karl A. Roeder, Stéphanie Saussure, Vaughn Shirey, Pasi Sihvonen, Ilja Svetnik, Sergei Tarasov, Pedro Trindade, Ellen A. R. Welti, Mark Wong, Christoph Scherber   +37 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hermetia illucens and Hermetia fenestrata (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) Colonization of “Spoiled” Stingless Bee Geniotrigona thoracica (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Hives in Malaysia

Insects, 2020
Meliponiculture, the keeping of domesticated stingless bees such as Geniotrigona thoracica (Smith, 1857) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), is an increasingly popular agricultural industry in Malaysia.
Tania Ivorra, Martin Hauser, Van Lun Low, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Natasha Azmi Nur Aliah, Jonathan A. Cammack, Chong Chin Heo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source