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Maya Bee

Melipona beecheii

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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18.5029, -88.3035

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Description:

These bees are reared in captivity in wood boxes and people extract honey and pollen from them once o twice a year

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Comments (5)
Juan DiTrani
yep, unfortunately even when people have been rearing these bees for centuries, now they are struggling for surviving. Mostly because of deforestation and competition with Honey bees, wich are not native from this continent.
Carolina
Juan, lo siento mucho. Ya te puse esta en la misión, pero entonces por favor escribe a [email protected] contándoles tu problema, de pronto es el web browser o algo así, ellos ya te sabrán ayudar :)
HemaShah
With the dwindling Bee population more of Bees reared in captivity we have the better. We have to find a way of saving the Bees!
Juan DiTrani
Sigo sin poder guardarlas en la mision de polinizadores...

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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Pollinating Insects of the World
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PublishedJune 22, 2011

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