Urbanization leads to cities having higher temperatures than surrounding non-urban areas
[this is known as the urban heat island (UHI) effect]. Very little is known about the impacts of …

Abstract In South America, the movement of stingless bee colonies outside their natural
location is a common practice and, in many cases, meliponiculture activities are conducted …

Agricultural production and the indiscriminate use of insecticides such as thiamethoxam
have put at risk the biodiversity and ecosystem services provided by bees, including native …

The ecological interactions of biota with natural ecosystems are still poorly understood. In
Subtropical Dry forests, several stingless bees utilize cavities within trees for nesting. Due to …

Stingless bees forage for sticky materials (resins, mucilage, latex, etc.) from some plants,
transport the materials to their nests, and mix them with beeswax (wax secreted by bee body …