''Frieseomelitta'' is a
stingless bee
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 550 described species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the family A ...
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Meliponini
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 550 described species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors). They belong in the family A ...
) genus in the family
Apidae
Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for ...
. It currently contains about 16 described species:
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Frieseomelitta dispar
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta doederleini
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* ''Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelitt ...
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Frieseomelitta flavicornis
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* ''Frieseomelitta dispar''
* ''Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelitta ...
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Frieseomelitta francoi''
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Frieseomelitta freiremaiai''
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Frieseomelitta languida''
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Frieseomelitta lehmanni
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta longipes
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta meadewaldoi
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta nigra
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta paranigra
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta paupera
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
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Frieseomelitta portoi
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
''
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Frieseomelitta silvestrii
''Frieseomelitta silvestrii'' is a stingless bees species in the genus '' Frieseomelitta'' found in Brazil.
'' Frieseomelitta silvestrii languida'' is a subspecies making use of resin
In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is ...
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Frieseomelitta trichocerata
''Frieseomelitta'' is a stingless bee (Meliponini) genus in the family Apidae. It currently contains about 16 described species:
* '' Frieseomelitta dispar''
* '' Frieseomelitta doederleini''
* '' Frieseomelitta flavicornis''
* '' Frieseomelit ...
''
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Frieseomelitta varia
''Frieseomelitta varia'', commonly known as the abelha marmelada-amarela (Brazilian Portuguese: "yellow marmalade bee"), is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini
Stingless bees, sometimes called stingles ...
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[Enrico de Lazaro]
Scientists Sequence Genome of Brazilian Stingless Bee
on: sci-news, Sep 1, 2020.[Flávia C. de Paula Freitas, Anete P. Lourenço, Daniel G. Pinheiro ''et al.'']
The nuclear and mitochondrial genomes of ''Frieseomelitta varia'' – a highly eusocial stingless bee (Meliponini) with a permanently sterile worker caste
In: BMC Genomics 21, 386; Jun 3, 2020. doi:10.1186/s12864-020-06784-8
Bibliography
* Wolf Engels (Editor): Social Insects: An Evolutionary Approach to Castes and Reproduction, Springer Science & Business Media, Dec 6, 2012 - 265 pages. . Here: Chapter 7: Wolf Engels, Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca: Caste Development, Reproductive Strategies, and Control of Fertility in Honey Bees and Stingless Bees, 4.3 Young Queens in the Multigynous Stingless Bee Nest, p186
References
Meliponini
Bee genera
Apinae
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