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| | Attempts To Introduce Stingless Bees For The Pollination Of Crops Under Greenhouse Conditions In Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23) |
 | | Stingless bees, Meliponinae, and honeybees, Apinae, are the only highly social bees living in permanent colonies, and both share many biological characteristics. |
 | | There are two groups of highly eusocial insects in the world: Apinae bees and Meliponinae bees. |
 | | The former group (Apinae) consists of less than 10 species including the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, and the Oriental honeybee, A. cerana, both of which are well-known as beekeeping species. |
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