Stingless bee (Apidae: Apinae: Meliponini) ecology

DW Roubik - Annual Review of Entomology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Stingless bees form perennial colonies of honey-making insects. The> 600 species of
stingless bees, mainly Neotropical, live throughout tropical latitudes. Foragers influence …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and challenges in Asian bee research and conservation

N Warrit, J Ascher, P Basu, V Belavadi… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The challenges of bee research in Asia are unique and severe, reflecting different cultures,
landscapes, and faunas. Strategies and frameworks developed in North America or Europe …

The present and future of insect biodiversity conservation in the neotropics: policy gaps and recommendations

NE Duffus, A Echeverri, L Dempewolf, JA Noriega… - Neotropical …, 2023 - Springer
Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining at local and global
scales, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem services that insects provide. Insect …

Two centuries of biodiversity discovery and loss in Singapore

RA Chisholm, NP Kristensen, FE Rheindt… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
There is an urgent need for reliable data on the impacts of deforestation on tropical
biodiversity. The city-state of Singapore has one of the most detailed biodiversity records in …

[HTML][HTML] Trouble in the tropics: pathogen spillover is a threat for native stingless bees

FA Fleites-Ayil, LA Medina-Medina, JJGQ Euán… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pathogen spillover is a major threat to biodiversity. Insect pollinators, important providers of
the ecosystem service of pollination that are in global decline, are no exception to this threat …

The potential of iNaturalist for bee conservation research—A study case in a southern Brazilian metropolis

FW Pereira, M Zamoner… - Insect Conservation and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science can expand our knowledge of biodiversity and enhance conservation
programs by adding species records and associated data. This is the case for bees—the …

E-commerce in Brazil: An in-depth analysis of digital growth and strategic approaches for online retail

CP Veiga, CRP Veiga, JSS Michel, LF Di Iorio… - Journal of Theoretical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
This article delves into Brazil's rapidly expanding e-commerce sector, emphasizing its
significant growth and evolving dynamics. Employing a meta-narrative review and a …

New insights on massively introduced managed species and their consequences for plant–pollinator interactions

B Geslin, L Mouillard-Lample, M Zakardjian… - Advances in Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introducing any species in a large number into an ecosystem is never a zero-sum game. In
this paper, we assessed what are the main advances on the known impacts of Massively …

Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles reveal geographic chemotypes in stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

MP Rodrigues Méndez, D Muñoz-Rodríguez… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Cuticular hydrocarbon (CHCs) variation has been detected in various insect taxa, but the
potential contribution of cuticular compounds for analyzing intraspecific diversity at the …

Profiting from cruelty: Digital content creators abuse animals worldwide to incur profit

AF Carvalho, IOB de Morais, TB Souza - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing interest of people in profiting from cruelty on the Internet and the failure
of platforms such as YouTube in removing contents related to this practice, to recognize who …