Scaptotrigona postica (also known locally in Brazil as mandaguari) is a species of stingless bee that lives mainly in Brazil. It is a eusocial bee in...
Scaptotrigona mexicana is a species of stingless bee that lives throughout Mexico and is part of the Meliponini tribe. This species is sometimes termed...
main honey-producing bees of this group generally belong to the genera Scaptotrigona, Tetragonisca, Melipona and Austroplebeia, although there are other...
Scaptotrigona polysticta, called bijuí or benjoí in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini. Pedro, Silvia...
Scaptotrigona bipunctata, also called tubuna in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini. Pedro, Silvia...
America. Fipronil is also used in Brazil and studies on the stingless bee Scaptotrigona postica have shown adverse reactions to the pesticide, including seizures...
distributing V. planifolia seeds this way are Eulaema polychroma and Scaptotrigona subobscuripennis. Seeds being distributed by bees is a rare behavior...
pheromone will recruit other bees towards the source. The stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis, like ants, can utilize another colony's food trail. Specifically...
(2009). "Hygienic behavior in the stingless bees Melipona beecheii and Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)". Genetics and Molecular Research...
true for other native pollinators, such as Melipona quadrifasciata and Scaptotrigona postica, because they nest in pequi trees, commonly building nests in...
sometimes further specialized in their behavior based on age, as in Scaptotrigona postica workers. Between approximately 0–40 days old, the workers perform...
Cucumis sativus L. (Cucurbitales: Cucurbitaceae), by the stingless bees Scaptotrigona aff. depilis Moure and Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier (Hymenoptera:...
also have the most painful bites as compared to Partamona helleri, Scaptotrigona depilis, Tetragona clavipes, Tetragonisca angustula, Frieseomelitta...
history between the two species. Studies have shown that P. subnuda and Scaptotrigona bipunctata are the most numerically dominant stingless bee foragers...
Chemistry that Remarkably Matches the Pheromones of Virgin Queens of Scaptotrigona sp., Journal of Chemical Ecology 32 (1), 59-70 MG Reis, AD de Faria...
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