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Pollination efficacy of stingless bees, Tetragonula pagdeni Schwarz (Apidae: Meliponini), on greenhouse tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum Linnaeus) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
The stingless bee Tetragonula pagdeni is distributed over a vast Southeast Asian territory. This species is commonly used as a commercial insect pollinator. Pollination efficacy of T.
Kanyanat Wongsa, Orawan Duangphakdee, Atsalek Rattanawannee   +2 more
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Stingless bee floral visitation in the global tropics and subtropics

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Bees play a key role in maintaining healthy terrestrial ecosystems by pollinating plants. Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are a diverse clade of social bees (>500 species) with a pantropical distribution spanning South and Central America, Africa ...
Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno, Liam Kendall, Denise Araujo Alves, Manuel Lequerica Tamara, Tim Heard, Tanya Latty, Rosalyn Gloag   +6 more
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Harvesting the Casualties of War: <i>Macrogerodonia peruviana</i> Rove Beetles Prey Exclusively Upon Wounded <i>Trigona</i> spp. Stingless Bees (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae; Hymenoptera: Apidae). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We report a previously undescribed trophic interaction in which Macrogerodonia peruviana rove beetles prey exclusively on wounded or recently killed Trigona stingless bees generated during aggressive conflicts at carrion. Field observations and choice experiments showed that beetles selectively targeted injured Trigona while ignoring carrion and other ...
Rivera E, Lopera A, Castro R, Pottie S, Forsyth A.   +4 more
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Recent Progress of Stingless Bee Honey

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
Stingless bees are kinds of pollinating insects with important ecological and economic values, belonging to the Tribe Meliponini of the Family Apidae.
Xing ZHENG, Xinwen LIANG, Liming WU, Xiaofeng XUE, Zhengwei WANG, Kai WANG, Wenjun PENG   +6 more
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The use of multisource spatial data for determining the proliferation of stingless bees in Kenya

GIScience & Remote Sensing, 2022
Stingless/meliponine bees are eusocial insects whose polylactic nature enables interaction with a wide variety of wild plants and crops that enhance pollination and, hence, support ecosystem services.
David Masereti Makori, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Nelly Ndungu, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga, Tobias Landmann, Henri E. Z. Tonnang, Nkoba Kiatoko   +7 more
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Investigation on the Conservation Consciousness of an Important Pollination Insect: Stingless Bee in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park

Redai dili, 2023
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meloponini) play a significant ecological role in tropical and subtropical regions. They have good utilization value in pollination, medicinal applications, and industrial raw materials.
Chen Xin, Zhao Shan, Li Linming, Wu Huazhou, Zhang Zhe, Gao Jinglin, Wang Shijie   +6 more
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Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees. [PDF]

J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol
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.
Penmetcha B, Ryan LA, Ogawa Y, Hart NS, Narendra A.   +4 more
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Stingless bees (Meliponini): senses and behavior [PDF]

Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 2016
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) are by far the largest group of eusocial bees on Earth. Due to the diversity of evolutionary responses to specific ecological challenges, the Meliponini are well suited for comparative studies of the various adaptations to the environment found in highly eusocial bees.
Michael Hrncir, Stefan Jarau, Friedrich G. Barth   +2 more
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The Foraging Activity and Pollination Services of Three Stingless Bee Species to Enhance Fruit Quality and Quantity of Okra (Abelmoschus Esculentus L.)

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, Tri Atmowidi, Windra Priawandiputra   +2 more
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Stingless bees as collectors of resin from Bertholletia excelsa Bonpland (Lecythidaceae)

Entomological Communications, 2023
Stingless bees build their nests using, in general, clay, wax and resins; in addition, these bees also use resins for defense against natural enemies and as an antimicrobial agent.
Iris A. Cruz, Paulo C. S. Barroso
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