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