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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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Nutrients or resin? – The relationship between resin and food foraging in stingless bees [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Stingless 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, Alexander Keller, Claus Rasmussen, Pablo Lozano, David A. Donoso, Nico Blüthgen, Sara Diana Leonhardt   +6 more
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Pot-pollen DNA barcoding as a tool to determine the diversity of plant species visited by Ecuadorian stingless bees. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Identifying 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, Sarah Martin-Solano, Jorge Ron-Román, Jose Rivas, Mutien-Marie Garigliany, Claude Saegerman   +5 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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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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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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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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Areas of natural occurrence of melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811(Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2012
The bee Melipona scutellaris is considered the reared meliponine species with the largest distribution in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with records from the state of Rio Grande do Norte down to the state of Bahia. Considering the importance
ALVES RMO, Bruno A. Souza, CAMARA G, Carlos A.L. Carvalho, CARNEIRO MAA, DUCKE A, IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA VL, KERR WE, KERR WE, KERR WE, LAMARTINE H, LIMA-VERDE L, MARIANO FILHO J, MARTINS C, MORRONE JJP, MOURE JS, NOGUEIRA-NETO P, NUNES LA, OLIVEIRA MHCC, OLIVEIRA RS, ORTIZ-MORA RA, Rogério M.O. Alves, ROUBIK D, ROUBIK DW, SANTOS CMD, SCHWARZ HF, SCHWARZ HF, SILVEIRA FA, Wyratan S. Santos, YANEZ-ORDÓÑEZ O   +29 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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