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 (%) |
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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 |