Stingless bees (Meliponini) are highly social bees that are native to tropical and sub-tropical
ecosystems. Resin use is vital to many aspects of stingless bee colony function. Stingless …

Protective covers (ie, glasshouses, netting enclosures, and polytunnels) are increasingly
used in crop production to enhance crop quality, yield, and production efficiency. However …

Native bees are important providers of pollination services, but there are cumulative
evidences of their decline. Global changes such as habitat losses, invasions of exotic …

The presence of riparian vegetation provides microclimatic regulation of stream conditions
[eg luminosity (lux), air temperature (° C) and relative humidity (%)], which varies naturally …

This catalog of the published literature on stingless bees from the Indo-
Malayan/Australasian region was compiled from 520 references and deals with 129 …

In this study, the daily and seasonal influences of abiotic factors and the amount of floral
resources on the foraging frequency of bees were determined. The experiments were …

Bees have the potential to be used as indicators of environmental quality. The parameters
typically analyzed in this context include species diversity, colony condition and foraging …

In social insects, workers forego reproduction in favour of foraging and other tasks to
promote growth of the whole colony. Maximising individual work effort is limited by the …

Abstract Stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) are a group of highly eusocial bees with
pantropic distribution. The variety of life styles among the approximately 600 species and …

Flight activity of Plebeia pugnax Moure (in litt.) was studied in six colonies coming from
Cunha, SP, from July to October 1994. Twice a week, from 8: 00 am to 6: 00 pm, for 5 …