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Occurrence of the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida) in Melipona rufiventris colonies in Brazil
Sociobiology, 2021 Several traits make stingless bees attractive to parasites of honey bee colonies. The small hive beetle (SHB) Aethina tumida, a honey bee colony scavenger/parasite native to sub-Saharan Africa, where is considered only a minor pest, is now present on ...
Sérgio Nogueira Pereira +4 more
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The alternative Pharaoh approach: stingless bees mummify beetle parasites alive [PDF]
, 2009 Workers from social insect colonies use different defence strategies to combat invaders. Nevertheless, some parasitic species are able to bypass colony defences.
Neumann, Peter +7 more
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Indigenous knowledge of ground-nesting stingless bees in southwestern Ethiopia
, 2021 While Ethiopia has six species of stingless bees, indigenous knowledge of them has not been well documented. In southwestern Ethiopia, we documented the Sheka community’s knowledge of stingless bees.
Kidane, Amenay Assefa +5 more
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A review on the association of bacteria with stingless bees [PDF]
, 2020 Most cultivable microbes associated with stingless bees are bacteria. Studies about bacteria related to stingless bee colonies were only limited to bacterial isolation and identification, while a few studies consider their potential applications ...
Jawatankuasa Kerja PSM UKM
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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 +4 more
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Frugivory by a stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Neotropical Entomology, 2010 Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers. Here we report the occurrence of frugivory in Trigona amazonensis (Ducke), a flower-visiting stingless bee.
Peruquetti, Rui C +3 more
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, 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) +2 more
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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 +3 more
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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 +4 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 +5 more
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