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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"stingless bees"”.
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Molecular Phylogeny of Stingless Bees: Insights Into Divergence Times, Biogeography, and Nest Architecture Evolution (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
… catalog of the Indo-Malayan/Australasian stingless bees including 519 literature references, and deals with 129 proposed names for species-group taxa, of which 89 are considered currently valid. Information is summarized on organisms associated with stingless bee colonies as well as the …
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Ecology of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) in lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah, Malaysia, and an evaluation of logging impact on populations and communities
… reports on four years of field research on stingless bee ecology in Sabah, Malaysia. Hereby, it was the main focus to evaluate the effect of selective logging for timber extraction on communities of bees, and to elucidate causative relationships involved in regulating bee populations. …
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An assessment of stingless beeswax as a pattern material in ancient Mesoamerican lost-wax casting
… casting processes mention that wax from stingless bees was mixed with copal, or tree resin, and used to form the models for lost-wax casting. Waxes from Mexican stingless bees Melipona beecheii, Scaptotrigona pectoralis, and Melipona yucatanica were considered in this study, in addition …
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Toxicity assessment of pesticides and biopesticides on wild and managed bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), and richness evaluation in mediterranean and tropical agroecosystems
Bees (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) are the main pollinator insects for wild and cultivated plants, being of crucial environmental and economic importance. Their global decline, driven by anthropogenic factors, including the use of synthetic pesticides, is an alarming concern. Biopesticides can be a viable …
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Estudo dos parâmetros biométricos de Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) em diferentes estações do ano no brejo paraibano
Brazil is very rich on its biodiversity, bees are an example of this, being possible to find several species from the north to the south of the country. These insects play a key role in pollination of plant species, and consequently in food production. Because they have the potential to produce …
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BEES, HONEY AND TERRITORY: A COMPLEX NETWORK OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LANDSCAPE, BEEKEEPING AND HONEY QUALITY
… ecological, economic and cultural perspectives, bees are among the most important groups of insects. This is due to their central role in pollination pro-cesses and the production of numerous hive products. The genus Apis and the tribe Meliponini, which includes stingless bees, are fundamental …
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The role of communication in the foraging process of social bees
In the various groups of social bees, different systems of communication about food sources occur. These communication systems are different solutions to a common problem of social insects: efficiently allocating the necessary number of workers first to the task of foraging and second to the most …
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Wild bee responses to land use change: investigating the role of bee body size
… to sustain species and populations. Wild bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) are essential pollinators for many wild and cultivated flowering plants, and exhibit marked differences in life history traits. The consequences of land use change may therefore affect wild bees differently, but this …