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 …

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 …

Increasing human land use for agriculture and housing leads to the loss of natural habitat
and to widespread declines in wild bees. Bee foraging dynamics and fitness depend on the …

The use of appropriate yeast strains allows to better control the fermentation during
beverage production. Bee products, especially of stingless bees, are poorly explored as …

The foraging success of a bee species is limited to an environmental window, a combination
of optimal ambient temperatures and resource availability. Mismatches between flowering …

Highly eusocial bees (honey bees and stingless bees) sustain their colonies through
periods of resource scarcity by food stored within the nest. The protein supply necessary for …

This study reports the influence of season on foraging activities and internal colonial
parameters of Melipona asilvai in an Atlantic forest area of northeast Brazil. We used video …

This study shows the influence of climatic factors and the nectar and pollen collection by
Melipona quadrifasciata in a natural habitat. Five colonies were studied in Parque das …

Pollen sources that comprise the trophic niche of native bee species Melipona obscurior and
introduced Apis mellifera and the breadth of this niche were studied in two areas in the …

The present study was conducted at Mekelle Agricultural Research Center with the objective
of determining the foraging behavior of local honeybees in relation to climatic factors. This …