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 …

Pollination is a key ecological function of most terrestrial ecosystems. Decades of research
on single‐trophic‐level communities, particularly plant communities, have helped to build …

Stingless bees use resins for nest construction, colony defense, and production of cerumen,
propolis, and geopropolis. Despite their importance, resin foraging interactions are …

Dalam mendukung kelestarian populasi lebah tidak bersengat, pemanfaatan lebah lokal
adalah strategi yang dapat ditempuh oleh masyarakat.. Pada umumnya, masyarakat …

Plant-derived resins play vital roles in the lives of stingless bees and are collected in large
quantities by workers. They are a key component of different types of nest building materials …

Stingless bees are the largest group of social bees, with greater diversity in the Neotropics.
They obtain plant resins and other exudates for nest construction, protection, nutrition, and …

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 …

Abstract The Maya bee, Melipona beecheii, has been an integral part of Mayan culture on
the Yucatan Peninsula for several centuries. In the present study, we explore the daily food …

Bees are in global decline and specialized species might be the most vulnerable to
extinctions. Bee conservation can be studied using interaction networks, whose relative …

As the industrialization of agriculture and other environmental stressors threaten honey
bees, stingless bees, and beekeeper livelihoods throughout the world, beekeepers and …