''Frieseomelitta silvestrii'' is a

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Frieseomelitta ''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 ...

'' found in Brazil. '' Frieseomelitta silvestrii languida'' is a subspecies making use of

resin In polymer chemistry and materials science, resin is a solid or highly viscous substance of plant or synthetic origin that is typically convertible into polymers. Resins are usually mixtures of organic compounds. This article focuses on natu ...

and of the chemical compound

totarol Totarol is a naturally produced diterpene that is bioactive as totarol. It was first isolated by McDowell and Esterfield from the heartwood of ''Podocarpus totara'', a conifer tree found in New Zealand.Short, W. F.; Stromberg, H. ''J. Chem. Soc.'' ...

.The propolis of stingless bees: terpenes from the tibia of three Frieseomelitta species, E. F. L. R. A. Patricio, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Roland Maile, Jutta Tentschert, Graeme R. Jones and E. David Morgan, Journal of Insect Physiology, Volume 48, Issue 2, February 2002, Pages 249-254
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Meliponini Hymenoptera of South America Hymenoptera of Brazil {{Apinae-stub