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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Brazilian Stingless Bee

Melipona quadrifasciata

Near Threatened

About

A robust stingless bee with a dark body and four pale abdominal bands. It is the most culturally important stingless bee species in Brazilian meliponiculture.

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Did You Know?

Queens are determined by genetics rather than diet, unlike honeybees where any larva can become a queen with royal jelly.