Outstanding botanical resources for
Plebeia mansita
(Apidae, Meliponini) in the Northern Argentine Yungas: botanical characterization of its honey and main nesting substrates
Fabio Fernando Flores,
Liliana Concepción Lupo,
Norma Inés Hilgert
Abstract:Plebeia mansita is a native stingless bee endemic to the Yungas whose populations are distributed in sectors above 1000 m a.s.l. Its honeys and other products are used by local residents for various purposes, from food to medicinal uses. With the purpose of understanding the botanical resources that contribute nectar and nesting to this species of bee in the town of Baritú (22°28′54.1″S, 64°45′39.4″W; at 1546 m a.s.l.), we analyzed 41 honey samples collected between September 2011 and September 2015 and record… Show more
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