Vulture bees, also known as carrion bees, are a small group of three closely related South American stingless bee species in the genus Trigona which feed on rotting meat. Some vulture bees produce a substance similar to royal jelly which is not derived from nectar, but rather from protein-rich secretions of the bees' hypopharyngeal glands.[1] These secretions are likely derived from the bees' diet, which consists of carrion eaten outside the nest, and resulted in the belief that they produce what is known as "meat honey".[2] This unusual behavior was only discovered in 1982, nearly two centuries after the bees were first classified.[3]
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Vulturebees, also known as carrion bees, are a small group of three closely related South American stingless bee species in the genus Trigona which feed...
nickname "vulturebee". The earliest research into vulturebees was undertaken prior to the realization, in 1991, that there were three vulturebee species...
cavities and underground. Vulturebees comprise three Trigona species, and are the only bees known to be scavengers. These bees collect and feed on dead...
Carnobacterium sp. has also been found in the gut of stingless carrion-eating vulturebees, besides other acidophilic (acid-loving) Lactobacillus sp. "Genus: Carnobacterium"...
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