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A Scientific Note on a Stingless Bee Hive Model for Ecological and Behavioral Studies and for Environmental Education

Sociobiology, 2019
Stingless bees (Apidae; Meliponini) occupy a great diversity of habitats in tropical and subtropical regions. They are eusocial and live in sessile colonies. Most meliponini species build nests in pre-existing cavities, such as tree hollows and stingless
Celso Barbieri, Gerson Luiz Pinheiro, Paula Marques Drago, Tiago Maurício Francoy   +3 more
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The Role of Useful Microorganisms to Stingless Bees and Stingless Beekeeping [PDF]

, 2012
Bacteria, molds, and yeasts associated with bees have been studied for a long period. Although they seem to play an important role for bee nutrition and protection against harmful microorganisms, few studies have focused on their function and this subject is still very controversial.
Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Felipe Andrés Felipe León Contrera, Giorgio Cristino Venturieri, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca   +4 more
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Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees

Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Abstract Stingless 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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Stingless Bee Propolis Review as Biocosmetics for Anti-Acne, Anti-Aging, and Skin-Whitening

Journal of Apicultural Science
Data on cosmetic sales has grown significantly recently, with consumers increasingly choosing natural cosmetics or biocosmetics. The natural ingredient that has received attention recently is stingless bee propolis.
Paramita Swandari, Toruan Vera Madonna Lumban, Rahma Khairunnida, Zubaidah Mona, Arung Enos Tangke, Kusuma Irawan Wijaya   +5 more
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Insights from Melipona bicolor hybrid genome assembly: a stingless bee genome with chromosome-level scaffold

BMC Genomics
Background The highly eusocial stingless bees are crucial pollinators of native and agricultural ecosystems. Nevertheless, genomic studies within this bee tribe remain scarce. We present the genome assembly of the stingless bee Melipona bicolo r.
Natalia de Souza Araujo, Fernando Ogihara, Pedro Mariano Martins, Maria Cristina Arias   +3 more
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Stingless bee honey and its potential value: a systematic review

Food Research, 2017
Modern science has found that most traditional practice of using stingless bee honey has great potential as an added value in modern medicine and considered to have a higher medicinal value than other bee species.
Yaacob, M.,, Rajab N.F.,, Shahar, S., Sharif, R.   +3 more
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Characterizing the Use of Botanical Resources from Pollen Loads from Apis mellifera, and Stingless Bees’ Pot-pollen Palynology: An Approach Using Network Analysis and Generalized Linear Models

Sociobiology
Pollen loads gathered by honeybees and pot-pollen stored by stingless bees are functional foods with commercial potential. The botanical origin influences the physicochemical composition of the corbicular pollen, Apis mellifera’s bee bread, and the ...
Lendra Schuastz Breda, José Elton de Melo Nascimento, Vagner de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo, Vanderlei Aparecido de Lima, MARIA LURDES FELSNER   +4 more
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Quality assessment and chemical diversity of Australian propolis from Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi stingless bees

Scientific Reports
Stingless bee propolis has gained global attention as a novel source of bioactive compounds with potential applications in food and medicine to promote human health.
Damon C. Woods, Malin A. Olsson, Tim A. Heard, Helen M. Wallace, Trong D. Tran   +4 more
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Communication in the honey bees and stingless bees

, 2023
The social structure of a bee colony, in which thousands of individuals interact, is partly based on communication between bees. It is involved in controlling many primary needs such as nutrition, reproduction and even defense. Means of communication between bees differ according to species and tribes. Honey bees are able to emit pheromones which allow
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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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