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Cerumen pots are utilized by some Trigona species, such as T. necrophaga, as vesicles to store foodstuff. [26] The foodstuff of T. necrophaga consists of both honey and carrion from vertebrate carcasses. [3] Ultimately, the stored food is utilized by developing larvae and the worker bee itself as a source of nutrition and energy.
Trigona is one of the largest genera of stingless bees, comprising about 32 species, [1] exclusively occurring in the New World, and formerly including many more subgenera than the present assemblage; many of these former subgenera have been elevated to generic status.
Vulture bees are reddish-brown in colour, featuring only a few lighter hairs on their thorax, and range in length from 8–22 millimetres (0.31–0.87 in). [1] As with many types of stingless bee, vulture bees have strong, powerful mandibles, which are used to tear off flesh.
Trigona sp. exposed nest in a tree fork near Flores, Guatemala. Notably, certain species, such as the African Dactylurina , construct hanging nests from the undersides of large branches for protection against adverse weather conditions.
In Trigona hypogea, when a forager returns to the nest, the regurgitated material derived from animal carcasses is deposited in special pots and later mixed with sugary plant products; they do not gather nectar or produce honey, but they gather sugary secretions from fruit and non-floral sources (e.g., extrafloral nectaries), and at least initially regurgitate these into separate pots within ...
Tetragonula carbonaria (previously known as Trigona carbonaria [2]) is a stingless bee, endemic to the north-east coast of Australia. [3] Its common name is sugarbag bee. [1] They are also occasionally referred to as bush bees. The bee is known to pollinate orchid species, such as Dendrobium lichenastrum, D. toressae, and D. speciosum. [4]
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Trigona fuscipennis is a stingless bee species that originates in Mexico but is also found in Central and South America. [1] They are an advanced eusocial group of bees and play a key role as pollinators in wet rainforests. [ 2 ]