Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural
ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across …

Stingless honey bees—commonly known as stingless bees—have long provided food and
materials to the inhabitants of tropical America. We conducted a literature search to codify …

Pollination by bees improves agricultural crop yields and improves the financial outlook of
beekeepers because it increases honey production and hive rental revenues. However, in …

As abelhas sem ferrão sempre estiveram presentes em muitas civilizações, desde os
primórdios da humanidade, exercendo grande importância sociocultural. Em virtude disso …

En Colombia se conoce la existencia de cerca de 120 especies de abejas nativas sin
aguijón, muchas de las cuales tienen importantes usos y representaciones para diversos …

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 …

Over the last quarter century, increasing honey bee colony losses motivated standardized
large-scale surveys of managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), particularly in Europe and the …

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) is a multi-billion-dollar business. This tropical crop strongly
depends on animal pollination for fruit development and seed production. The lack or …

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 …

Maia UM, Jaffe R., Carvalho AT & Imperatriz-Fonseca VL [Meliponiculture in Rio Grande do
Norte.] Meliponicultura no Rio Grande do Norte. Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária …