The Melipona Bee: The Sacred Mayan Stingless Bee

<p>It could be hard to imagine a stingless bee species, but in fact, they are one of the oldest and most diverse groups of bees in the world [<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>].</p> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Stingless bees</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>(or simply&nbsp;<strong>meliponines</strong>), are&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apinae" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">corbiculate</a>&nbsp;bees that belong to the<strong>&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribe_(biology)#:~:text=In%20biology%2C%20a%20tribe%20is,including%20both%20tribe%20and%20subtribe." rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">tribe</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingless_bee" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Meliponini</strong></a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_(biology)" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">order</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoptera" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Hymenoptera</strong></a>, family&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apidae" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong><em>Apidae</em></strong></a>).</p> <p>There are more than&nbsp;<strong>550 different stingless bee species&nbsp;</strong>belonging to dozens of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">genera</a>&nbsp;that can be found in most&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropics" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">tropical</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropics" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">subtropical</a>&nbsp;regions of the world, including&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Australia</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Africa</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Southeast Asia</a>, and tropical America [<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60090-7" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">1</a>].</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/tea-with-mother-nature/the-melipona-bee-the-sacred-mayan-stingless-bee-711885aab5c6"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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