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Stingless Bee & Hive

Tetragonisca angustula

Photo by LarryGraziano
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

These stingless bees are everywhere in Costa Rica. They are about 5mm long.

Habitat:

900 meter elevation

Reference Links:

Abejas de Costa Rica - a gallery on Flickr

Species ID Suggestions

Stingless Bee

Tetragonisca sp.

Reference Link
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Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378

Spotted for Missions

Mission
Nests, hives, bowers, webs & other animal architecture
Mission
El mini-mundo de Costa Rica
Mission
Insects of Costa Rica
Photographed
PublishedMarch 12, 2012

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