Melipona brachychaeta

Melipona brachychaeta

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae

Melipona is a genus of stingless bees, widespread in warm areas of the Neotropics, from Sinaloa and Tamaulipas (México) to Tucumán and Misiones (Argentina). About 70 species are known. The largest producer of honey from Melipona bees in Mexico is in the state of Yucatán where bees are studied at an interactive park called "Bee Planet" which is within the Cuxtal Ecological Reserve.

Distribution

Melipona brachychaeta — (c) Raquel Mondino, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Raquel Mondino · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Argentina · 1Brazil · 1

Sources and credits

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Melipona brachychaeta

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