Stingless bees are a diverse group with a relevant role in pollinating native species. Its diet
is rich in carbohydrates and proteins, by collecting pollen and nectar supplies the …

Stingless bees play a crucial role in the environment and agriculture as they are effective
pollinators. Furthermore, they can produce various products that can be exploited …

Microbes have been identified as fundamental for the good health of bees, acting as
pathogens, protective agent against infection/inorganic toxic compounds, degradation of …

Abstract The Amazonian Forest hosts a great diversity of stingless bees. The Tropical
Amazonian climate–moist and hot–favors the development of a diverse mycobiota …

Highlights•Meliponini, known as stingless bees, are a monophyletic group of eusocial
insects.•The microbiota of Meliponini includes viruses, bacteria, yeasts, and filamentous …

Social bees can establish interactions with microorganisms to keep their colonies free of
pathogens and parasites by developing different protection strategies. We explored the …

Most cultivable microbes associated with stingless bees are bacteria. Studies about bacteria
related to stingless bee colonies were only limited to bacterial isolation and identification …

The Brazilian stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis requires the brood cells-associated fungus
Zygosaccharomyces sp. as steroid source for metamorphosis. Besides the presence of …

The highly diversified group of stingless bees presents an associated microbiota that is
suspected to be responsible for transforming pollen to bee bread or for the formation of …

Stingless bees are the main pollinators in tropical and subtropical regions. However, there
are only a few studies on the structure and composition of bacteria in the gut and beebread …