Yes, you are quite right there. I have "worked" with trigona in the 
Philippines and found very little information on the basics of these bees. 
There is definitely an opportunity for further research on these insects.

Peter,

Quebec, Canada


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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Stingless Bees


> Thank you to everyone who contributed in this thread and off-line.
>
> In summary, it seems that whilst Australia has the most visible presence 
> on the net there is a huge amount of work still to be done in making 
> detailed and basic information available.  This seems to be due to the 
> fact that whilst stingless bees are bees they are radically different to 
> say A.M. and as a result quite difficult to study.  The whole field of 
> stingless bees is an opportunity waiting to happen.
>
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