Globally, there are 537 species (about 2.6% of all bee species) of "stingless bees" in the tribe Meliponini. We have only 11 of these species (in the genera Austroplebeia and Tetragonula ...

Stingless bees produce a healthier honey, uniquely rich in a rare sugar, called trehalulose, which may have benefits ranging from ranking low on the glycaemic index (GI) to displaying antioxidant ...

Stingless bees gather near the entrance to their hive on June 22, 2024. Their hive is nestled in a tiny hole in a tree near Palo Alto’s Rinconada Community Garden. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney.

This video shows how to inspect native stingless bee hives to see how they are doing after splitting several months earlier. Our first video on Splitting a Native bee hive can be seen here ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. This paper describes the traditional knowledge on the management of stingless bee colonies and the use of honey by Indigenous and ...

Skip to content viewer section. This paper discusses strategies for salvaging biodiversity through a case study exploring the revitalisation of keeping stingless bees in the Yucatan Peninsula. While ...

But unlike yellow jackets, ground bees perform great feats of springtime pollination. The ones you see hovering above the ground are stingless male bees. The females fly quickly in and out of ...

One surmises that the bee was active in the dim light of early morning. She and her sisters gathered in the busy colony before beginning their various tasks. The young workers left for the nursery ...

By Chrispen Sechere. Stanley Imbusi’s grandfather Lumbasio was a traditional medicine man whose trick for curing varied ailments was centred on honey from stingless bees found in Kakamega ...

After graduating from high school, she met a stingless bee apiarist living in a national park in Brazil, which piqued her ongoing fascination with bees! Our climate is changing and we must adapt to a ...

Unlike honeybees, native Pacific Northwest mason bees are stingless and docile—perfect for curious kids and beekeeping newbies. They don’t need a lot of room, either. In the wild, they nest in holes ...

By Chrispen Sechere. Stanley Imbusi’s grandfather Lumbasio was a traditional medicine man whose trick for curing varied ailments was centred on honey from stingless bees found in Kakamega ...