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Maya bee Nest

Melipona beecheii

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

These endangered Stingless bees make their hives in hollow trunks. The nest seems "chaotic" compared with honeybees. Honey and pollen is stored in wax pots with no special order and new bees develop separated from the food in special cells (combs) with many layers.

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Pollinating Insects of the World
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Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
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PublishedDecember 19, 2011

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