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Gomes et al. document the first observation of O. banana fire bee workers tending treehopper A. reticulatum aggregations on Schinus molle🍯
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #NeotropicalEcology #HoneydewHarvesting #Meliponini
🚨Just published🚨In Bolivia’s Yungas, we studied 3 rescued stingless bees sp. We found distinct foraging patterns within & among species → niche partitioning at multiple levels. 🐝🪻🌺#Pollination #Meliponini #Neotropics
doi.org/10.1111/btp.70… @biotropica.bsky.social with @pammsantana.bsky.social
More new #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv reports that local and landscape features of urban fragments determine the occurrence of stingless bees
doi.org/10.1111/icad.12847
#Meliponini #UrbanInsects #Pollinators #EcosystemServices #Conservation
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wiley.com
Meliponini form a tribe of social bees, living in tropical/subtropical regions and also kept for honey and pollination. Article in 🇫🇷, but you can still click just for the pictures:
www.myrmecofourmis.fr/Les-abeilles...
#bees #Meliponini #melipones #stinglessbees
The fact that mandaçaias simply decapitate their princesses or lock them up in dungeons makes me imagine a horror story. I'd love to write (or read) something based on that someday. lol
#macrophotography #macro #macropix #focusstacking #meliponini #bees #insectphotography #wildlife
