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A Brazilian social bee must cultivate fungus to survive

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

A MORFOMETRIA GEOMÉTRICA DE ASAS E A IDENTIFICAÇÃO AUTOMÁTICA DE ESPÉCIES DE ABELHAS

article published in 2010

A dataset of multi-functional ecological traits of Brazilian bees

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

A global-scale expert assessment of drivers and risks associated with pollinator decline

scientific article published on 16 August 2021

A method for harvesting unfermented pollen from stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 09 July 2012

A molecular phylogeny of the stingless bee genus Melipona (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

scientific article

A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee

scientific article

A scientific note on the founding and the early growth of new nests of the stingless bee Plebeia remota

ASPECTS OF THE TROPHIC NICHE OF MELIPONA MARGINATA MARGINATA LEPELETIER (APIDAE, MELIPONINAE)

scientific article published on 10 October 2007

Age polyethism in Plebeia emerina (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies related to propolis handling.

scientific article published in September 2010

An Amazon stingless bee foraging activity predicted using recurrent artificial neural networks and attribute selection

scientific article published on 08 January 2020

Applications of RFID technology on the study of bees

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

Assessing Sperm Quality in Stingless Bees

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Author Correction: Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation

scholarly article published in Nature Sustainability

Bat diversity in Carajás National Forest (Eastern Amazon) and potential impacts on ecosystem services under climate change

scientific article published in 2018

Beekeeping practices and geographic distance, not land use, drive gene flow across tropical bees.

scientific article

Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping

scientific article

Behavioral suites mediate group-level foraging dynamics in communities of tropical stingless bees

scientific article

Biocultural approaches to pollinator conservation

Biology of the stingless beePlebeia remota (Holmberg): observations and evolutionary implications

scientific article (publication date: March 1995)

Brood production increases when artificial heating is provided to colonies of stingless bees

scientific article published on 12 July 2011

Characterization of some southern Brazilian honey and bee plants through pollen analysis

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Chemical basis for inter-colonial aggression in the stingless bee Scaptotrigona bipunctata (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

scientific article published in August 2004

Climate change impact on ecosystem functions provided by birds in southeastern Amazonia

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Climate-induced distribution dynamics of Plebeia flavocincta, a stingless bee from Brazilian tropical dry forests

scientific article published on 20 August 2020

Clustered male production by workers in the stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke (Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 25 August 2002

Combining genotype, phenotype, and environmental data to delineate site-adjusted provenance strategies for ecological restoration

scientific article published on 17 May 2020

Comparative study in stingless bees (Meliponini) demonstrates that nest entrance size predicts traffic and defensivity

scientific article (publication date: 16 November 2007)

Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

scientific article published on 07 June 2014

Connectance of Brazilian social bee: food plant networks is influenced by habitat, but not by latitude, altitude or network size

scientific article published on 09 August 2006

Consumption of the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam during the larval stage affects the survival and development of the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona aff. depilis

article

Crop pollinators in Brazil: a review of reported interactions

article

Desempenho de cultivares de morango submetidas a diferentes tipos de polinização em cultivo protegido

Diploid Male Production Results in Queen Death in the Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis.

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Diploid males of Scaptotrigona depilis are able to join reproductive aggregations (Apidae, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 22 February 2019

Diploid males of Scaptotrigona depilis are able to join reproductive aggregations (Apidae, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 07 September 2015

Do Melipona bicolor (Apidae, Meliponinae) workers distinguish relatedness among different physogastric queens?

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Dwarf gynes in Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Apidae, Meliponinae, Trigonini). Behaviour, exocrine gland morphology and reproductive status

scientific article published on 02 October 2007

EXPLOITATION OF FLORAL RESOURCES BY PLEBEIA REMOTA HOLMBERG (APIDAE, MELIPONINAE)

scientific article published on 11 October 2007

Edible Fruit Plant Species in the Amazon Forest Rely Mostly on Bees and Beetles as Pollinators

scientific article published on 20 November 2020

Effect of food location and quality on recruitment sounds and success in two stingless bees, Melipona mandacaia and Melipona bicolor

scientific article published in 2003

Effect of group size on the aggression strategy of an extirpating stingless bee, Trigona spinipes

Egg laying and oophagy by reproductive workers in the polygynous stingless bee<i>Melipona bicolor</i>(Hymenoptera, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 15 January 2007

Environmental windows for foraging activity in stingless bees, Melipona subnitida Ducke and Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Espécies arbóreas utilizadas para nidificação por abelhas sem ferrão na caatinga (Seridó, PB; João Câmara, RN)

scientific article published in 2004

Eusocial bee male aggregations: spatially and temporally separated but genetically homogenous

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

Exceptional High Queen Production in the Brazilian Stingless Bee Plebeia remota

scientific article published on 14 August 2003

Factors influencing survival duration and choice of virgin queens in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata.

scientific article published on 11 May 2013

First discovery of a rare polygyne colony in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae, Meliponini)

Flight Activity and Responses to Climatic Conditions of two Subspecies of<i>Melipona Marginata</i>Lepeletier (Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Flight activity and colony strength in the stingless bee Melipona bicolor bicolor (Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Flora of Ferruginous Outcrops Under Climate Change: A Study in the Cangas of Carajás (Eastern Amazon)

scientific article published on 07 September 2021

Foraging Activity in Plebeia remota , a Stingless Bees Species, Is Influenced by the Reproductive State of a Colony

scientific article

Foraging and Drifting Patterns of the Highly Eusocial Neotropical Stingless Bee Melipona fasciculata Assessed by Radio-Frequency Identification Tags

scientific article published on 04 August 2021

Foraging ofScaptotrigonaaff.depilis(Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area: Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants

article

Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia

scientific article published on 03 March 2021

Forest Matrix Fosters High Similarity in Bee Composition Occurring on Isolated Outcrops Within Amazon Biome

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Fortpflanzung durch Arbeiterinnen bei der Stachellosen Bienen-Art Friesella schrottkyi (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 03 March 2014

Gender identification of five genera of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) based on wing morphology

scientific article

Genetic Variability of Melipona subnitida (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Introduced and Native Populations

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Genetic and behavioral conflict over male production between workers and queens in the stingless bee Paratrigona subnuda

scientific article published in 2002

Genetic and morphometric variation in Schwarziana quadripunctata and Schwarziana mourei (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

scientific article published in 2022

Genetic differentiation of the Euglossini (Hymenoptera, Apidae) populations on a mainland coastal plain and an island in southeastern Brazil.

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Geographical origin of white honey produced by stingless bees in the Araucaria Forest in Southern Brazil

scientific article published on 18 January 2021

Geography is essential for reproductive isolation between florally diversified morning glory species from Amazon canga savannahs

scientific article published on 02 December 2019

Geometric morphometrics of the wing as a tool for assigning genetic lineages and geographic origin to Melipona beecheii (Hymenoptera: Meliponini)

article

Global meliponiculture: challenges and opportunities

Habitat Loss Does Not Always Entail Negative Genetic Consequences

scientific article published on 13 November 2019

How queen and workers share in male production in the stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke (Apidae, Meliponini)

article by D. Koedam et al published May 2005 in Insectes Sociaux

Hygienic behavior of the stingless bee Plebeia remota (Holmberg, 1903) (Apidae, Meliponini).

scientific article published in January 2009

Hábitos de coleta de Tetragonisca angustula angustula Latreille. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

Identification of oxygen containing volatiles in cephalic secretions of workers of Brazilian stingless bees

scientific article published on 28 September 2007

Identifying the areas to preserve passion fruit pollination service in Brazilian Tropical Savannas under climate change

article

Important bee plants for stingless bees (Melipona and Trigonini) and Africanized honeybees (Apis mellifera) in neotropical habitats: a review

scientific article published on 08 October 2007

Intraspecific queen parasitism in a highly eusocial bee.

scientific article

Landscape Genomic Conservation Assessment of a Narrow-Endemic and a Widespread Morning Glory From Amazonian Savannas.

scientific article

Landscape genetics of a tropical rescue pollinator

article

Landscape genomics to the rescue of a tropical bee threatened by habitat loss and climate change

scientific article published on 10 April 2019

Landscape influences genetic diversity but does not limit gene flow in a Neotropical pollinator

scientific article published in 2022

Lesser Wax Moth<i>Achroia Grisella:</i>First Report for Stingless Bees and New Capture Method

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Male production in stingless bees: variable outcomes of queen-worker conflict

scientific article

Mapping and quantification of ferruginous outcrop savannas in the Brazilian Amazon: A challenge for biodiversity conservation

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Mate number, kin selection and social conflicts in stingless bees and honeybees

scientific article (publication date: 22 February 1999)

Miscellaneous observations on the behaviour of Schwarziana quadripunctata (Hym., Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Monogamy in large bee societies: a stingless paradox

scientific article published on 26 January 2014

Morphometrical, biochemical and molecular tools for assessing biodiversity. An example in Plebeia remota (Holmberg, 1903) (Apidae, Meliponini)

Natural History Collection Data: Traits to Identify Plant-Pollinator Interactions in a Spatial Context

scientific article published in 2018

Natural history of the narrow endemics Ipomoea cavalcantei and I. marabaensis from Amazon Canga savannahs.

scientific article published on 8 August 2017

Numerical investment in sex and caste by stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini): a comparative analysis

scientific article (publication date: March 2006)

Observations on a queenless colony of Plebeia saiqui (Friese) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

Olfactory eavesdropping by a competitively foraging stingless bee, Trigona spinipes.

scientific article published in August 2004

Out with the garbage: the parasitic strategy of the mantisfly Plega hagenella mass-infesting colonies of the eusocial bee Melipona subnitida in northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 21 November 2012

Plasticity of stingless bee Melipona fuliginosa Lepeletier to obtain food resources in Amazonia

scientific article published on 17 October 2018

Pollen Harvest by Stingless Bee Foragers (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)

scientific article published on 02 September 2009

Pollen foraging in colonies of Melipona bicolor (Apidae, Meliponini): effects of season, colony size and queen number

scientific article published in January 2009

Pollen harvest by eusocial bees in a non-natural community in Brazil

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Pollination services at risk: Bee habitats will decrease owing to climate change in Brazil

article

Production of workers, queens and males in Plebeia remota colonies (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini), a stingless bee with reproductive diapause

scientific article

Projected climate change threatens pollinators and crop production in Brazil.

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Protecting a managed bee pollinator against climate change: strategies for an area with extreme climatic conditions and socioeconomic vulnerability

Quantification of larval food and its pollen content in the diet of stingless bees – subsidies for toxicity bioassays studies

article

Queen Execution, Diploid Males, and Selection For and Against Polyandry in the Brazilian Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Queens, not workers, produce the males in the stingless bee Schwarziana quadripunctata quadripunctata

Quillworts from the Amazon: A multidisciplinary populational study on Isoetes serracarajensis and Isoetes cangae

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Recent advances in reproductive biology of stingless bees

article published in 2018

Reconciling Mining with the Conservation of Cave Biodiversity: A Quantitative Baseline to Help Establish Conservation Priorities.

scientific article

Relatedness and dispersal distance of eusocial bee males on mating swarms

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Resource Partitioning between Highly Eusocial Bees and Possible Impact of the Introduced Africanized Honey Bee on Native Stingless Bees in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

scientific article (publication date: December 1996)

Responses to climatic factors by foragers of Plebeia pugnax Moure (in litt.) (Apidae, Meliponinae)

Risks and opportunities associated with pollinators’ conservation and management of pollination services in Latin America

scientific article published on 11 January 2022

Role of species: traits, interactions and ecosystem services

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

Safeguarding Ecosystem Services: A Methodological Framework to Buffer the Joint Effect of Habitat Configuration and Climate Change

scientific article

Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

scientific article

Seasonal availability of floral resources and ambient temperature shape stingless bee foraging behavior (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis)

scientific article published on 18 June 2016

Selecting plant species for practical restoration of degraded lands using a multiple-trait approach

article

Size and isolation of naturally isolated habitats do not affect plant-bee interactions: A case study of ferruginous outcrops within the eastern Amazon forest

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Size variation and egg laying performance in<i>Plebeia remota</i>queens (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)

scientific article published on 28 November 2006

Spatial patterns in the brood combs of Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Hymenoptera: Meliponinae): male clusters

scientific article published on 19 May 2009

Special Issue on Stingless bees: Integrating basic biology and conservation

scientific article published on 21 January 2015

Species redescription and nest architecture of Plebeia flavocincta (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

scientific article published in 2022

Stingless Bees (Melipona subnitida) Overcome Severe Drought Events in the Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest by Opting for High-Profit Food Sources

scientific article published on 26 February 2020

Stingless bees (Melipona subnitida) adjust brood production rather than foraging activity in response to changes in pollen stores.

scientific article published in June 2016

Stingless bees and their adaptations to extreme environments

scientific article published on 22 March 2019

Stingless bees: biology and management

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Studies on Paratrigona subnuda (Moure) Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae - II. Behaviour of the virgin queen

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

Studies on Paratrigona subnuda (Moure) Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae - III: queen supersedure

scientific article published on 09 March 2017

Successful maintenance of a stingless bee population despite a severe genetic bottleneck

article published in 2010

Temporal Variation in Honey Production by the Stingless Bee Melipona subnitida (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Long-Term Management Reveals its Potential as a Commercial Species in Northeastern Brazil

scientific article published on 8 April 2015

The Dependence of Crops for Pollinators and the Economic Value of Pollination in Brazil.

scientific article published on 04 May 2015

The Need of Species Distribution Models Metadata: Using Species Distribution Model to Address Decision Making on Climate Change

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

The Role of Useful Microorganisms to Stingless Bees and Stingless Beekeeping

The Value of Crop Production and Pollination Services in the Eastern Amazon

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

The behaviour of Bombus impatiens (Apidae, Bombini) on tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., Solanaceae) flowers: pollination and reward perception

scientific article published on 08 April 2019

The economic and cultural values of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) among ethnic groups of tropical America

scientific article published on 25 October 2018

The males of Melipona and other stingless bees, and their mothers

The number of reproductive workers in highly eusocial Hymenoptera: monogyny and monandry

scientific article published on 19 May 2009

The queen is dead--long live the workers: intraspecific parasitism by workers in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris

scientific article published on 10 September 2009

The queens of the stingless bees: from egg to adult

scientific article published in 2023

The role of wax and resin in the nestmate recognition system of a stingless bee, Tetragonisca angustula

scientific article published in 2011

The stingless bee species, Scaptotrigona aff. depilis, as a potential indicator of environmental pesticide contamination

scientific article

Thermal evidence of the invasion of a stingless bee nest by a mammal.

scientific article published in August 2003

Trophallaxis and reproductive conflicts in social bees

article published in 2009

Utilization of floral resources by species of Melipona (Apidae, Meliponinae): floral preferences

scientific article published on 10 October 2007

Variation in the ability to communicate three-dimensional resource location by stingless bees from different habitats

Virgin queens in stingless bee (Apidae, Meliponinae) colonies: a review

scientific article published on 04 October 2007

Virgin queens refuges in colonies of melipona marginata (Apidae-meliponinae)

scholarly article published in 1994

Within-colony size variation of foragers and pollen load capacity in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides Lepeletier (Apidae, Hymenoptera)

scientific article published on 28 September 2007

Working-class royalty: bees beat the caste system

scientific article

Worldwide Alien Invasion: A Methodological Approach to Forecast the Potential Spread of a Highly Invasive Pollinator ⬇️

scientific article

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