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Melipona beecheii
A female worker bee returning to the nest with pollen load
Mayan bees are social insects and have been used by the Maya indians for honey production for almost a thousand of years. Now they are endangered, mostly by the lost of the forest and the introduction of the african honey bee.
Spotted on Feb 28, 2009
Submitted on Jun 14, 2011
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