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Australian stingless bees

, 2013
Stingless bees have been an important part of indigenous Australian culture for centuries; however, modern meliponiculture in Australia is still very much in its infancy (Heard and Dollin 2000).
Spooner-Hart, Robert (R8619), Dollin, Anne E., Halcroft, Megan (R18929)   +2 more
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The role and significance of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Meliponini) in the natural environment

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, 2019
This article refers to the biology and ecology of stingless bees (Meliponini), living in tropical and subtropical areas. Similar to honey bees (Apis mellifera), stingless bees (Meliponini) belong to the category of proper social insects and are at the ...
Bąk-Badowska Jolanta, Żeber-Dzikowska Ilona, Gworek Barbara, Kacprzyk Wanda, Chmielewski Jarosław   +4 more
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Traditional Knowledge and Potential Use of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae) in the Manantlan Sierra, Jalisco, Mexico

Sociobiology, 2019
Stingless bees (meliponines) play an important role in ecosystems; they pollinate different plant species, assist in the reproduction and conservation of floral biodiversity and their products can be obtained and sold, with the consequent economic ...
Francisca Contreras Escareño, Carlos M. Echazarreta, Ernesto Gusmán-Nóvoa, José O. Macías-Macías   +3 more
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The Pollen Load on Stingless Bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) Foraged in Urban Area

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2022
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponinae) are eusocial insects that distributed in the tropics and subtropics. Stingless bees are pollinators for various plant species.
Tri Atmowidi, Luthfika Canta, Selly Sahara Hasibuan, Ni Wayan Sri Utari, Dorly, Taruni Sri Prawasti   +5 more
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Cultivable fungal diversity associated with the digestive tube of stingless bees (Melipona spp.) in the Brazilian Amazonia

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
Stingless bees interact with diverse symbiotic organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, mites and insects. We isolated and identified filamentous fungi presents in the digestive tract of stingless bees (Melipona spp.) to quantify this association and ...
Cleomara Ramos Almeida, João Raimundo Silva de Souza, Beatriz Leite da Silva, Vinicius José Giglio   +3 more
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The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America

Sociobiology, 2018
Stingless honey bees— commonly known as stingless bees— have long provided food and materials to the inhabitants of tropical America. We conducted a literature search to codify available information, including non-peer reviewed ‘grey literature’, on the ...
José Javier G Quezada-Euán, Guiomar Nates-Parra, Marcia M. Maués, David W Roubik, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca   +4 more
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Bee pollen as functional food and environmental bioindicator: current evidence and future challenges

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Bee pollen (BP), a plant‐derived product collected by honey bees, is increasingly promoted as a functional food due to its content of proteins, essential amino acids, lipids, vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds such as polyphenols and flavonoids.
Luigi Parrotta, Stefano Del Duca
wiley   +1 more source

Warfare in stingless bees

, 2016
Bees are well known for being industrious pollinators.\ud Some species, however, have taken to invading the\ud nests of other colonies to steal food, nest material or the nest site itself.
L. G. von Zuben, Segers, F.H.I.D., Cunningham, J. P., Cunningham, J.P., J. P. Cunningham, von Zuben, L.G., C. Grüter, Segers, F. H. I. D., Gruter, C., F. H. I. D. Segers, Zuben, L. G. von   +10 more
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Commercial Product Based on Metarhizium Anisopliae Affects Survival, Midgut Morphology, and Behavior in the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazilian social stingless bees are important pollinators and producers of honey, wax, royal jelly, propolis, and other products. These species are experiencing a population decline, attributed to different factors, such as the excessive use of pesticides.
Andressa Santoro, Daiani Rodrigues Moreira, Talita Aparecida Tódora Santana, Wingly Santos Beltrame, Nathalia Rodrigues da Silva de Carvalho, Breno Gabriel da Silva, Gustavo Henrique de Souza, Livia Bracht, Adriana Aparecida Sinópolis Gigliolli, Maria Claudia Colla Ruvolo Takasusuki   +9 more
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Foraging behaviour of equatorial Afrotropical stingless bees: habitat selection and competition for resources [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis is a result of fieldwork on foraging ecology of Afrotropical stingless bees in Uganda. This is because most studies on stingless bee ecology are largely based in South America and South-east Asia and have ignored the aspects of Afrotropical ...
Dep Biologie, Behaviour of Tropical Bees, Kajobe, R.   +2 more
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