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Melipona
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Melipona

Melipona is a genus of stingless bees, widespread in warm areas of the Neotropics, from Sinaloa and Tamaulipas (México) to Tucumán and Misiones (Argentina). At least 40 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.

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11 branches of this group, most-observed first

Four-striped Melipona

speciesMelipona quadrifasciata

Favose Melipona

speciesMelipona favosa

Melipona subnitida

speciesMelipona subnitida

Melipona orbignyi

speciesMelipona orbignyi

Melipona yucatanica

speciesMelipona yucatanica

Melipona variegatipes

speciesMelipona variegatipes

Baer's Melipona

speciesMelipona baeri

Melipona mandacaia

speciesMelipona mandacaia

Melipona phenax

speciesMelipona phenax

Melipona peruviana

speciesMelipona peruviana

Melipona lupitae

speciesMelipona lupitae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 578290.