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Diversity, 2022 Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) are among the most important pollinators of tropical forests. Peru is considered a hotspot of biodiversity of Meliponini, but many areas of this country (e.g., Peruvian Amazon) remain unexplored.
M. Marconi +8 more
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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^.
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Tropical Life Sciences Research, 2022 Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are distributed in tropical and subtropical areas in the world. Stingless bees are potential pollinator to increase yield of various crops species.
T. Atmowidi +4 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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Working-class royalty: bees beat the caste system [PDF]
, 2005 The struggle among social classes or castes is well known in humans. Here, we show that caste inequality similarly affects societies of ants, bees and wasps, where castes are morphologically distinct and workers have greatly reduced reproductive ...
Camargo J.M.F +9 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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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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Stingless bees from meliponiculture in South Kalimantan, Indonesia
Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 2022 . Purwanto H, Soesilohadi RCH, Trianto M. 2022. Stingless bees from meliponiculture in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 1254-1266. Kalimantan Island has many species of stingless bees that are widespread throughout the province.
H. Purwanto +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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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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