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Distinct Intra‐ and Interspecific Foraging Patterns of Stingless Bee Species as a Conservation Tool

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 5, September 2025.
In this study, we examined the foraging patterns of three rescued stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas using melissopalynology and plant–pollinator network analysis. We found distinct floral foraging patterns both within and among three stingless bee species in the Bolivian Yungas, suggesting niche partitioning at multiple levels.
Sissi Lozada‐Gobilard, Pamela Cristina Santana, Yamil Maidana‐Tuco, Elvis Otmar Gutierrez, Teresa Ortuño   +4 more
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Land Use and Season Interactively Affect Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Body Size and Fat Stores

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
Habitat fragmentation and loss due to anthropogenic activities have impacted the foraging success of many animals, including pollinators. In this study, we found that summer honeybees in urban and mixed habitats were smaller and had greater wing wear but had larger fat stores compared to those in agricultural areas, where fat stores dropped during the ...
Yongqiang Wu, Florian Menzel, Christoph Grüter   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stingless Bee Honey Farming and Farmer Empowerment in Sawahlunto City, West Sumatra, Indonesia [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Stingless bee honey farming offers a sustainable agricultural practice that provides a natural sweetener and empowers smallholder farmers, especially in developing regions.
Oktavia Y., Mahdi Mahdi, Astuti N.B., Hidayat R., Yonariza Yonariza, Mutiani C., Anwar H., Goembira F., Arbain A.   +8 more
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Aspects determining the risk of pesticides to wild bees: risk profiles for focal crops on three continents. [PDF]

, 2012
In order to conduct a proper risk assessment of pesticides to bees, information is needed in three areas: (i) the toxicity of the pesticide; (ii) the probability of bee exposure to that pesticide; and (iii) the population dynamics of the bee species in ...
Blacquiere, Tjeerd, Carvalho, Stephan [UNESP], Freitas, Breno M., Gemmill-Herren, Barbara, Gikungu, Mary, Kasine, John M., Kinuthie, Wanja, Kipyab, Pamela, Koomen, Irene, Maina', Gladys, Martins, Dino, Mutiso, Martha, Ngaruiya', Paul, Nocelli, Roberta C. F., Odhiambo, Christopher, Oomen, P. A., Ribeiro, Marcia de F., Roessink, Ivo, Thompson, H., van der Steen, Jozef, van der Valk, Harold, Wassenbergu, Jacoba   +21 more
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Thermal Tolerance in the Cellophane Bee Colletes inaequalis Reflects Early Spring Adaptation and Is Independent of Body Size and Sex

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
The cellophane bee, Colletes inaequalis, is a ground‐nesting, solitary species and key pollinator of spring plants. Our study shows it is thermally adapted to early spring conditions, with similar thermal traits in males and females despite differences in body size and emergence timing.
Victor H. Gonzalez, Natalie Herbison, Andres Herrera, Kennan Oyen, Deborah R. Smith   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indigenous Knowledge, Habitat, and Nest Characterization of Stingless Bee (Meliponula beccarii) in West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Stingless bees are eusocial insects that play vital roles as pollinators of many flowering plants and high value products. However, information on their nesting habitats and nest characteristics is scarce in West Arsi Zone of Oromia, Ethiopia. This study
Taye Beyene, Mekonen Woldetsadik, Desta Abi, Zewdu Ararso Hora   +3 more
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New horizons on stingless beekeeping (apidae, Meliponini). [PDF]

, 2015
A criação de abelhas sem ferrão, ou meliponicultura, é uma atividade antiga, especialmente nos Neotrópicos. Atualmente, especialmente no Brasil, ela experimenta um novo florescimento, sendo amplamente praticada em várias regiões, pela criação de diversas
CONTRERA, F. A. L., MENEZES, C., VENTURIERI, G. C.   +2 more
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Skills, Division of Labor, and Economies of Scale Among Amazonian Hunters and South Indian Honey Collectors [PDF]

, 2015
In foraging and other productive activities, individuals make choices regarding whether and with whom to cooperate, and in what capacities. The size and composition of cooperative groups can be understood as a self-organized outcome of these choices ...
Demps, Kathryn, Gerkey, Drew, Gurven, Michael, Hooper, Paul L., Kaplan, Hillard S.   +4 more
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Queen turnover, nest usurpation and colony mortality in wild nests of the stingless bees Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Austral Entomology, Volume 64, Issue 3, August 2025.
Abstract Social bees of the tribe Meliponini (stingless bees) are used as managed pollinators of crops throughout the world's tropical and subtropical regions. On Australia's East Coast, two native species—Tetragonula carbonaria and Tetragonula hockingsi—are the most widely propagated in hives, but knowledge of their biology and ecology in natural ...
Estella Xia, Matthew Keir, Boyd Tarlinton, Caroline Hauxwell, Gabriele Buchmann, Julianne Lim, Nadine Chapman, Rosalyn Gloag   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

First large-scale study reveals important losses of managed honey bee and stingless bee colonies in Latin America

Scientific Reports
Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized large-scale surveys of managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), particularly in Europe and the United States.
Fabrice Requier, Malena Sibaja Leyton, Carolina L. Morales, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Agostina Giacobino, Martin Pablo Porrini, Juan Manuel Rosso-Londoño, Rodrigo A. Velarde, Andrea Aignasse, Patricia Aldea-Sánchez, Mariana Laura Allasino, Daniela Arredondo, Carina Audisio, Natalia Bulacio Cagnolo, Marina Basualdo, Belén Branchiccela, Rafael A. Calderón, Loreley Castelli, Dayson Castilhos, Francisca Contreras Escareño, Adriana Correa-Benítez, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Diego Silva Garnica, Grecia de Groot, Andres Delgado-Cañedo, Hermógenes Fernández-Marín, Breno M. Freitas, Alberto Galindo-Cardona, Nancy Garcia, Paula M. Garrido, Tugrul Giray, Lionel Segui Gonçalves, Lucas Landi, Daniel Malusá Gonçalves, Silvia Inés Martinez, Pablo Joaquín Moja, Ana Molineri, Pablo Fernando Müller, Enrique Nogueira, Adriana Pacini, María Alejandra Palacio, Guiomar Nates Parra, Alejandro Parra-H, Kátia Peres Gramacho, Eleazar Pérez Castro, Carmen Sílvia Soares Pires, Francisco J. Reynaldi, Anais Rodríguez Luis, Carmen Rossini, Milton Sánchez Armijos, Estela Santos, Alejandra Scannapieco, Yamandú Mendoza Spina, José María Tapia González, Andrés Marcelo Vargas Fernández, Blandina Felipe Viana, Lorena Vieli, Carlos Ariel Yadró García, Karina Antúnez   +58 more
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