The Modified Pharaoh Approach: Stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive [PDF]
, 2008 Social insect colonies usually live in nests, which are often invaded by parasitic species^1^. Workers from these colonies use different defence strategies to combat invaders^1^.
Anne Dollin +6 more
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Within-bloom shift in abundance of a wild pollinator mediates pollen deposition rates to blueberry
Basic and Applied Ecology, 2023 Intra-seasonal variation in abiotic and biotic conditions can have profound consequences for pollinator community compositions and foraging movement, with flow-on effects upon pollination services.
Ulrika Samnegård +6 more
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Does the waggle dance help honey bees to forage at greater distances than expected for their body size? [PDF]
, 2015 A honey bee colony has been likened to an oil company. Some members of the company or colony prospect for valuable liquid resources. When these are discovered other group members can be recruited to exploit the resource. The recruitment of nestmates to a
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Waste management in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii Bennett (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
, 2014 Waste management is important in insect societies because waste can be hazardous to adults, brood and food stores. The general organization of waste management and the influence of task partitioning, division of labor and age polyethism on waste ...
Hart, Adam G +2 more
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Toxicological assessments of agrochemical effects on stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini)
MethodsX, 2020 Bee pollination is crucial for ecosystem maintenance and crop production. The ubiquity of bee pollinators in agricultural landscapes frequently results in their exposure to agrochemicals, which has been associated with their decline.
Lorena L. Botina +5 more
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Insects, 2022 Stingless bees are ecologically and economically important species in the tropics and subtropics, but there has been little research on the characterization of detoxification systems and immune responses within them.
Yahya Al Naggar +4 more
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Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.) [PDF]
, 2004 Publisher version: http://www.apidologie ...
Chittka, L, Dornhaus, A
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The Waggle Dance as an Intended Flight: A Cognitive Perspective [PDF]
, 2019 The notion of the waggle dance simulating a flight towards a goal in a walking pattern has been proposed in the context of evolutionary considerations. Behavioral components, like its arousing effect on the social community, the attention of hive mates ...
Menzel, Randolf
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Are isomeric alkenes used in species recognition among neo-tropical stingless bees (Melipona spp) [PDF]
, 2017 The majority of our understanding of the role of cuticular hydrocarbons (CHC) in recognition is based largely on temperate ant species and honey bees. The stingless bees remain relatively poorly studied, despite being the largest group of eusocial bees ...
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Studies of the biological and therapeutic effects of argentine stingless bee propolis [PDF]
, 2018 Meliponids are native bees of the Americas, characterized by having no sting (ANSA). Some live in the Yunga forests of northern Argentina, a place rich in a diversity of this type of bees of which at least thirty-three species may be found. Propolis is a
Brodkiewicz, Ivana Yanina +5 more
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