Results 11 to 20 of about 5,856 (211)
Insectes Sociaux, 2016 Bees are well known for being industrious pollinators. Some species, however, have taken to invading the nests of other colonies to steal food, nest material or the nest site itself. Despite the potential mortality costs due to fighting with an aggressive opponent, the prospects of a large bounty can be worth the risk.
Gruter, Christoph +3 more
openaire +3 more sources
Nutrients or resin? – The relationship between resin and food foraging in stingless bees [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionStingless bees are important pollinators in tropical forests. Yet, we know little about their foraging behavior (e.g., their nutritional requirements or their floral sources visited for resource collection). Many stingless bees not only depend vitally on
Gemma Nydia Villagómez +6 more
doaj +2 more sources
Pot-pollen DNA barcoding as a tool to determine the diversity of plant species visited by Ecuadorian stingless bees. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIdentifying the main species of plants from where Ecuadorian stingless bees collect pollen is one of the key objectives of management and conservation improvement for these insects.
Joseline Sofía Ocaña-Cabrera +5 more
doaj +2 more sources
Hygienic behaviour in Brazilian stingless bees
Biology Open, 2016 ABSTRACT Social insects have many defence mechanisms against pests and pathogens. One of these is hygienic behaviour, which has been studied in detail in the honey bee, Apis mellifera. Hygienic honey bee workers remove dead and diseased larvae and pupae from sealed brood cells, thereby reducing disease transfer within the colony ...
Hasan Al Toufailia +4 more
openaire +4 more sources
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 +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Hayati Journal of BiosciencesIdentifying floral resources used by honey bees and stingless bees is essential for sustainable beekeeping and understanding pollination ecology. This study compared the diversity of floral resources utilized by the honey bee Apis cerana and stingless ...
Tiara Sayusti +8 more
doaj +3 more sources
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 +6 more
doaj +1 more source
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 +6 more
doaj +1 more source
Visual physiology of Australian stingless bees. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav PhysiolAbstract 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 +4 more
europepmc +3 more sources
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 +2 more
openaire +2 more sources