Richness and distribution of the meliponine fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in the State of Ceará, Brazil

Abstract Meliponines, popularly known as stingless bees, present a great diversity of species widely distributed in tropical regions. Some species are rationally reared to obtain bee products like honey, pollen and wax, and most of them are important pollinators of the native and cultivated flora in...

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Published in:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Main Authors:	JÂNIO A. FELIX, BRENO M. FREITAS
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2021-08-01
Subjects:	bee diversity bee conservation meliponiculture stingless bees
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652021000501310&tlng=en