Notes on the Habits of Some Central American Stingless Bees
1913; Cambridge Entomological Club; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1155/1913/65925
ISSN1687-7438
Autores Tópico(s)Insect and Pesticide Research
ResumoWhile collecting insects in Central America during the winter of 1911-'1, I was impressed with the great diversity of behavior among the Meliponine, or stingless bees of the genus Trigona.Prof. Cockerell has had the kindness to study and identify the specimens I collected and as his paper appears in this number of PSYCHE it seemed opportune to publish my field notes at the same time.These notes comprise only such observations as I was able to make while devoting most of my attention to other insects and therefore contain little on the internal structure of the nests, which can be studied only at the expense of much time and labor.This part of the subject, however, has been ably treated by two observers in South America, Silvestri?and tI.von Ihering Ducke has also contributed some notes on the Brazilian Meliponinre, especially on the flowers which they visit. 4 The observations of these authors are cited, because several of the Trigonas of Central America are also members of the South American stingless bee fauna.Trigona amalthea Olivier.A large colony of this black species was found nesting in the base of a tree near Escuintla, Guatemala.The.nest was situated a few feet from the ground and had a rather convoluted, spout- shaped entrance of black wax (cerumen) projecting between two of
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