Stingless bees form perennial colonies of honey-making insects. The> 600 species of
stingless bees, mainly Neotropical, live throughout tropical latitudes. Foragers influence …

Bees have the potential to be used as indicators of environmental quality. The parameters
typically analyzed in this context include species diversity, colony condition and foraging …

Division of labor among workers is common in insect societies and is thought to be important
in their ecological success. In most species, division of labor is based on age (temporal …

The hypothesis that obligate eusociality always evolved from ancestral states of strict lifetime
monogamy implies that (1) facultatively eusocial lineages had to abandon multifemale …

Queens play an essential role in the colonies of stingless bees. Typically, only one queen
occurs in a colony at any time, and she dominates the egg laying. Their presence maintains …

The reproductive biology of stingless bees is poorly understood, especially when compared
to other groups of social bees with great ecological and economic importance. However …

Insect societies face many social parasites that exploit their altruistic behaviours or their
resources. Due to the fitness costs these social parasites incur, hosts have evolved various …

Bee flight capacity determines the area that a colony can exploit, and this knowledge is
essential to formulate management and conservation strategies for each species. In this …

Heatwave events increase in frequency and duration, yet there is a strong gap in assessing
their nonlethal effects on tropical insects, including beneficial social species. The stingless …

One of the limitations to greater expansion of Meliponiculture and conservation efforts of
most stingless bee species is related to the low reproductive rate of colonies, both in the wild …