Pot-Honey: A Legacy Of Stingless Bees
The current knowledge of stingless bees is clearly described by Vit et al. (2013) in their book, “Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees”. The stingless bees have populated the tropical earth with pantropical distribution for over 65 million years which is longer than Apis, the stinging honeybees. They are over 500 discovered species and possibly 100 more are yet undescribed.
Generally, stingless bee colonies make far less honey compared to honey bees. Meliponines basically have stingers with highly reduce and unable to be used for defence, mate only once, and do not use water to cool their nest or pure wax to build it. They are also unable to freely swarm to reproduce. The workers of stingless bees feed on bee bread while the queen feed on
Generally, stingless bee colonies make far less honey compared to honey bees. Meliponines basically have stingers with highly reduce and unable to be used for defence, mate only once, and do not use water to cool their nest or pure wax to build it. They are also unable to freely swarm to reproduce. The workers of stingless bees feed on bee bread while the queen feed on