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The fast versus the furious – On competition, morphological foraging traits, and foraging strategies in stingless bees
(2013-05-21)
Stingless bee pot-honey is a valuable product with a long tradition of harvest and consumption in Central and South America. The differences found among meliponine honeys concerning physiochemical composition, sugar content, ...
Maturation of stingless bee pot-honey: a new frontier in the gastronomical market
(2013-05-02)
With the goal of sustainability in the development of rural communities in Maranhão State, Brazil, a project of social-environmental development based on the farming of native stingless bees, named ‘Native Bee Project’, ...
Why they keep changing the names of our stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Meliponini): a little history and guide to taxonomy
(2013-05-02)
Bee taxonomy and identification methods are discussed, then put within a context of biology and accessible data. Some fundamentals in type specimen collection and use, and species description, are outlined. The reasons for ...
Pollen analysis of geopropolis and propolis from stingless bees
(2013-05-02)
The present study aims to review palynological analysis of geopropolis and propolis obtained from stingless bees in South America. Such studies are scarce and most analyzed samples are from Brazil, with a few from Bolivia ...
Cultural aspects of meliponiculture
(2012-07-25)
Some ancient cultures from Central and South American had close contact with stingless bees. Their representation
in decorations, drawings and sculptures is common in various indigenous groups, as part of its cosmology ...