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Table 2 Local knowledge on stingless bees at the municipality of Muyupampa and Monteagudo, Chuquisaca

From: Stingless bees: uses and management by meliponiculturist women in the Chaco region of Bolivia

Local name

Scientific name

Size

Predominant color

Behavior

Nesting place

Nest entrance

Mention index (%)

Señorita

Tetragonisca angustula

S

Yellow with black or brown

Docile

In hollow trunks, branches, or logs, underground, on the walls

Entrance cylindrical

100.0

Negro

Scaptotrigona sp.

M

Black

Aggressive

Mostly in hollow trunks or logs, some underground

Entrance cylindrical, bigger than from Señorita. When the entrance is big, bees are aggressive. When the entrance is small bees are docile

71.7

Tancarillo

Melipona rufiventris

L

Yellow/orange, with black stripes

Docile

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance without big ornament, build with mud

45.0

Abeja Extranjera

Apis mellifera

L

Yellow and black

Aggressive

In hollow trunks or logs, underground

Entrance without ornament

41.7

Burro

Undefined

M

Black

Docile

In hollow trunks or logs, underground

Entrance cylindrical big and long

23.3

Sapito/Boca de sapo

Plebeia sp.

S

Black

Docile

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance looks like a frog’s mouth

21.7

Burra

Undefined

M

Black

Docile

In hollow trunks or logs, underground

Entrance cylindrical and big

10.0

Señora

Undefined

M

Yellow

Undefined

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance cylindrical

5.0

Chogñiri

Undefined

VS

Black

Docile

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance cylindrical

5.0

Frontino

Undefined

S/M

Black, with a little white

Aggressive

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance without ornament

3.3

Sañaro

Undefined

M/L

Yellow

Aggressive

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance without ornament

3.3

Ilimchupa

Undefined

S

Black

Docile

Underground

Entrance without ornament

1.7

Hallpa negra

Undefined

M

Black

Aggressive

Underground

Entrance without ornament

1.7

Norita

Paratrigona sp.

S

Black, with white forehead

Docile

Underground

Entrance cylindrical

1.7

Chañar

Undefined

S

Black

Aggressive

In hollow trunks or logs

Entrance cylindrical

1.7

  1. Local names are mostly in Spanish. Chogñiri and Hallpa Negra are in Quechua. Ilimchupa and Chañar are in Guarani