Melipona rufescens

Melipona rufescens

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 rufescens — (c) Julia Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Julia Moning · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Peru · 1

Sources and credits

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Melipona rufescens

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