A Sustainable Technique for Colony Multiplication by Eduction of Wild Nests of the Stingless Bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith

Colony multiplication of stingless bees, Tetragonula iridipennis, largely relies on the eduction of wild colonies from their natural nesting sites in India. During the hiving of wild colonies, colonies were destroyed with the loss of robust wild foragers and built-in storage reserves over the years...

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Main Authors: Amala Udayakumar, H.S. Venu, K. G. R. Chandramanu, Timalapur M. Shivalingaswamy, Arkalagud N. Shylesha, Kesavan Subaharan, Satya Nand Sushil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2023-08-01
Series:Sociobiology
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/9148