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Properties of Honey from Ten species of Peruvian Stingless Bees [PDF]

Natural Product Communications, 2009
Honey produced by ten stingless bee species (Melipona crinita, M. eburnea, M. grandis, M. illota, Nannotrigona melanocera, Partamona epiphytophila, Ptilotrigona lurida, Scaptotrigona polystica, Scaura latitarsis, and Tetragonisca angustula) from Peru has been characterized according to traditional physicochemical standards (color and moisture ...
Rodríguez-Malaver, A. J., Rasmussen, Claus, Gutiérrez, M. G., Gil, F., Nieves, B, Vit, Patricia   +5 more
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Appetite for self-destruction: suicidal biting as a nest defense strategy in Trigona stingless bees [PDF]

, 2014
Self-sacrificial behavior represents an extreme and relatively uncommon form of altruism in worker insects. It can occur, however, when inclusive fitness benefits are high, such as when defending the nest.
Al Toufailia, Hasan, Alves, Denise A, Balfour, Nicholas J, Nascimento, Fabio S, Ratnieks, Francis L W, Shackleton, Kyle   +5 more
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Contrasting patterns of foraging behavior in neotropical stingless bees using pollen and honey metabarcoding

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, Carolyn E. B. Proença, Thais N. C. Vasconcelos, Antonio J. C. Aguiar, Hannah C. Farinasso, Aluisio T. F. de Lima, Jair E. Q. Faria, Krissya Norrana, Marcella B. R. Costa, Matheus M. Carvalho, Rodrigo L. Dias, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, Fernanda A. Carvalho, Alexander Keller   +13 more
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Melissopalynological Study, Phenolic Compounds, and Antioxidant Properties of Heterotrigona itama Honey from Johor, Malaysia

Scientifica, 2020
Six honey samples produced by the stingless bee Heterotrigona itama were analyzed for their plant sources, phenolic compositions, and antioxidant activities.
Mahani Majid, Mohammed S. Ellulu, Mohd Fadzelly Abu Bakar   +2 more
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The traditional knowledge on stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponina) used by the Enawene-Nawe tribe in western Brazil [PDF]

, 2008
Background This paper presents the Enawene-Nawe Society's traditional knowledge about stingless bees. The Enawene-Nawe are an Aruak speaking people, indigenous to the Meridian Amazon.
Gilton Mendes dos Santos, Yasmine Antonini, C Drews, P Descola, ES Greeene, C Seignobos, VB Meyer-Rochow, JP Cappas e Souza, D Posey, D Posey, AS Rodrigues, EM Costa Neto, EM Costa-Neto, P Nogueira Neto, G Mendes dos Santos, J Ramos-Elorduy, Cabeza de Vaca, G Salt, A Ducke, A Bertoni, G Mendes dos Santos, SB Hollanda, C Lévi-Strauss   +22 more
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Forager bees (Apis mellifera) highly express immune and detoxification genes in tissues associated with nectar processing. [PDF]

, 2015
Pollinators, including honey bees, routinely encounter potentially harmful microorganisms and phytochemicals during foraging. However, the mechanisms by which honey bees manage these potential threats are poorly understood.
Johnson, Brian R, Mohamed, Abbas, Vannette, Rachel L   +2 more
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Intelligent Classification Of Stingless Bee Honey Using Enose

MEKATRONIKA, 2022
Honey is an essential product produced by both honey bees and stingless bees. It is one of the most powerful natural products used for wound healing also known as natural sweetener that is widely available across the entire world. One of the problems required to sustain the bee honey by measuring and quantifying the quality.
Akrimi Mathwa Mohd Nasir, Muhammad Sharfi Najib, Suhaimi Mohd Daud, Mujahid Mohamad, Che Mohd Aizal Che Mohd   +4 more
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Occurrence of deformed wing virus variants in the stingless Melipona subnitida and honey Apis mellifera bee populations in North Eastern Brazil [PDF]

, 2019
Deformed wing virus (DWV) is now a global insect pathogen. Brazilian stingless bees are a diverse group often managed in close proximity to honey bees. We investigated the prevalence and load of DWV in 33 stingless bees (Melipona subnitida) and 12 honey
Correia-Oliveira, ME, de Carvalho, CAL, de Souza, FS, Kevill, JL, Martin, SJ   +4 more
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A new dewatering technique for stingless bees honey [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Uno de los problemas que enfrenta el almacenamiento de miel de abeja sin aguijón es el deterioro por el proceso de fermentación que se produce en la miel debido a su alto contenido de agua. Hay algunas técnicas disponibles actualmente, pero consumen mucho tiempo y hay un calor excesivo involucrado en el proceso.
Ahmad Syazwan Ramli, Firdaus Basrawi, Daing Mohamad Nafiz Daing Idris, Mohd Hazwan bin Yusof, Thamir K. Ibrahim, Mohd Zulkifli Mustafa, Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman   +6 more
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Occurrence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in Melipona rufiventris colonies in Brazil

Sociobiology, 2021
Several traits make stingless bees attractive to parasites of honey bee colonies. The small hive beetle (SHB) Aethina tumida, a honey bee colony scavenger/parasite native to sub-Saharan Africa, where is considered only a minor pest, is now present on ...
Sérgio Nogueira Pereira, Luis Henrique Soares Alves, Renata Falcão Rabello da Costa, Fábio Prezoto, Erica Weinstein Teixeira   +4 more
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