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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.
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 ...
Austroplebeia australis (previously and originally known as Trigona australis [2] [3]) is a stingless bee species in the tribe Meliponini first validly described by Heinrich Friese in 1898. [4] Within Australia , they are occasionally referred to as bush bees .
Trigona fulviventris is one of the most widely distributed bees of the genus Trigona and is found in Mexico, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Panama Canal Zone. [1] It is more commonly found at low- and mid-altitudes and has been observed to withstand a wide range of humidities. [2]
Tamales, corn dough stuffed with meat, cheese and other delicious additions and wrapped in a banana leaf or a corn husk, make appearances at pretty much every special occasion in Mexico.
Trigona spinipes is a species of stingless bee. It occurs in Brazil, where it is called arapuá, aripuá, irapuá, japurá or abelha-cachorro ("dog-bee"). The species name means "spiny feet" in Latin. Trigona spinipes builds its nest on trees (or on buildings and other human structures), out of mud, resin, wax, and assorted debris, including ...
Trigonalidae is a family of parasitic wasps in the suborder Apocrita.They are the only living members of the superfamily Trigonaloidea.Trigonalidae are divided into 2 subfamilies; Orthogonalinae and Trigonalinae.