Although the importance of natural habitats to pollinator diversity is widely recognized, the
value of forests to pollinating insects has been largely overlooked in many parts of the world …

Bees play a key role in maintaining healthy terrestrial ecosystems by pollinating plants.
Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are a diverse clade of social bees (> 500 species) with a …

Stingless bees diverged since the Cretaceous, have 50 times more species than Apis, and
are both distinctive and diverse. Nesting is capitulated by 30 variables but most do not …

A MONOGRAPH OF THE BALTIC AMBER BEES AND EVOLUTION OF THE APOIDEA (HYMENOPTERA)
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Paul W. Sherman and Jennifer Billing pices are plant products used in flavoring foods and
beverages. For thousands of years, aromatic plant materials have been used in food …

Compositional data from 152 stingless bee (Meliponini) honey samples were compiled from
studies since 1964, and evaluated to propose a quality standard for this product. Since …

Division of labor among workers is common in insect societies and is thought to be important
in their ecological success. In most species, division of labor is based on age (temporal …

Members of at least two unrelated genera of plants, Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae) and
Clusia (Guttiferae), attract pollinators by secreting resins from floral structures. Bees that …

Colony foraging activity of four Melipona species (Apidae: Meliponinae, tribe Meliponini)
was studied during the dry season, when many plants flower in central Panama. The …

Caste Development, Reproductive and Control of Fertility in Honey and Stingless Bees
Strategies, Bees Page 1 Chapter 7 Caste Development, Reproductive and Control of …