Report on the stingless bees of Bhutan (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4504.13.5.18344-18348Keywords:
Diversity, Bhutan, Meliponini, stingless beeAbstract
Two species of stingless bees, Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami) and Lepidotrigona arcifera (Cockerell), are reported from Bhutan for the first time. The nest description and meliponiculture are described. This is the gross underestimation of Meliponini diversity in Bhutan and summons more study on the diversity, biology, and meliponiculture.
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