On Thu, 26 May 1994, Beverly wrote:
> I am a graduate student doing work on beeswax and was wondering if anyone has
> wax from the stingless species of bees nataive to Mexico and South America? I
> am interested to see how much different the composition of Apis wax is from the
> stingless species. If anyone has any suggestions or helpful ideas, please let me know.
> Thanks for all the responses to the bumblebee wax question, it really helped me out.
> Thanks again,
> Michael Beverly
I think it is possible that a person who has worked with meliponiculture
in Yucatan for several years might be able to provide you with stingless
bees wax. I know he keeps colonies of around ten different spp. His name
and address follow:
Jorge Gonzalez A.
Departamento de Apicultura
Facultad de Veterinaria
Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan
Apartado Postal 116D
91700 Merida (Yucatan)
MEXICO