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2 1 Spotting

Spotting

by AlejandroContrerasN.Quintana Roo, Mexico

I thinks this is a Melipona beehive.

1 0 Stingless bee

Stingless bee

by JuanDiTraniColón, Panama, Panama

Stingless bee (Melipona panamica) ...

0 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniMérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Entering the nest

1 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

0 0 Stingless Bee

Stingless Bee

by Ignacio GamboaSan José, Costa Rica

2 0 Maya be

Maya be

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Foraging

2 0 Stingless Honeybee

Stingless Honeybee

by JuanDiTraniCiudad de Panamá, Panamá, Panama

2 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniCiudad de Panamá, Panama

Nest entrance

2 0 Stingless bee

Stingless bee

by JuanDiTraniCiudad de Panamá, Panama

2 3 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Melipona beecheii is one of the species of ...

0 0 Stingless (Mayan) Bee

Stingless (Mayan) Bee

by Jorge4Yucatán, Mexico

Its going extinct, since beekeepers who grow them are getting older and youn ...

0 3 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Maya bee entering its nest

1 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Close-up of a guardian bee

0 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Drone (male) Maya bee

2 3 Mayan bee

Mayan bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Entering the nest

3 2 Stingless bee

Stingless bee

by Sergio MonteiroCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil

Family Apidae, Subfamily Apinae, Tribe Meliponini

1 0 Abeja Melipona (Melipona Bee)

Abeja Melipona (Melipona Bee)

by PapoBestardYucatán, Mexico

pequeñas abejas sin aguijon, que hacen su nido en troncos de arboles. Ya que su ...

1 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Bees guarding the entrance of the nest

3 1 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniQuintana Roo, Mexico

Queen bee (large bee) communicating with workers with antennae.

0 1 Anthophoridae

Anthophoridae

by Jorge4Yucatán, Mexico

About half the length of a honey bee, furier, stingless

29 13 Jataí

Jataí

by Fabiano ZacariasCampinas, SP, Brazil

Abelha social sem ferrão brasileira. Brasilian social stingless bee

1 4 Jicote manso

Jicote manso

by SarahRudeenNicaragua

Various photos of the characteristic hive entrance for this species.

1 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Workers and cocoons (larvae). Brood cells are arranged very different than in ...

3 5 Maya Bee

Maya Bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

These bees are reared in captivity in wood boxes and people extract honey and ...

0 0 Maya bee Nest entrance

Maya bee Nest entrance

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Five diferent bee nest entrances. The nest entrance is used for recognizing ...

0 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

These bees constantly clean the nest carring the garbage far out of the nest ...

1 0 Uruçu-Cinzenta Bee

Uruçu-Cinzenta Bee

by FernandoMSoaresSão José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

Stingless bee (although it looks like it has 2), it wasn't very clear, but you ...

2 0 Spotting

Spotting

by EntreAguasHuila, Colombia

Possibly Melipona stingless honey bee. ...

0 0 Mayan bee

Mayan bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Mayan bees are social insects and have been used by the Maya indians for honey ...

0 1 Mayan bee

Mayan bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

A mayan bee guard is defending the nest against a lizard. These are social bees ...

0 0 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniQuintana Roo, Mexico

Mayan bee visiting an Achiote (Bixa orellana) flower, one of the native plants ...

0 0 Mayan bee

Mayan bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Mayan bees are social insects and have been used by the Maya indians for honey ...

4 1 Maya bee Nest

Maya bee Nest

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

These endangered Stingless bees make their hives in hollow trunks. The nest ...

3 0 Abeja sin aguijon / Stingless Honey Bee

Abeja sin aguijon / Stingless Honey Bee

by EntreAguasMaracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela

worsening climate change. ...

0 0 Mandaçaia Bee

Mandaçaia Bee

by FernandoMSoaresSão José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil

This bee was collecting pollen from a basil plant in my backyard.

0 0 Maya Stinglessbee

Maya Stinglessbee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

A female worker bee returning to the nest with pollen load

4 1 Maya bee

Maya bee

by JuanDiTraniChetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico

These bees are critically endangered and are subject to a program of artificial ...

1 1 Meliponini (stingless bee)

Meliponini (stingless bee)

by Jorge4Yucatán, Mexico

Is tiny, almost the size of a sweat bee (form 3 to 5 mm), this species is ...

0 0 Stingless Bee

Stingless Bee

by LarryGrazianoGuanacaste, Costa Rica

These are tiny bees. They measure about 4 or 5mm.

6 9 Jicote manso

Jicote manso

by SarahRudeenNicaragua

Bees cultivated in the practice known as "meliponiculture" in southern ...

2 2 sting-less bee hive

sting-less bee hive

by RobinsonMikeMalaysia

Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, ...

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