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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | Melipona |
| Species: | M. subnitida
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| Melipona subnitida Ducke, 1911
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Melipona subnitida is a neotropical bee species in the Apidae family found in the dry areas of Northeastern Brazil. This species of stingless bees practices single mating, monogynous habits.[1]
This species nests in hollow trunks of living trees, where the workers create a vertical colony.[2] The dominance hierarchy of these perennial colonies is defined by one queen who controls her workers.[1] Out of all of the stingless bees, M. subnitida is fairly profitable given its ability to pollinate and create honey.[3] There is ongoing field research on the behavioral ecology of this species.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
queenandworkerswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Bonnatti, Vanessa; Luz Paulino Simões, Zilá; Franco, Fernando Faria; Tiago, Mauricio (3 January 2014). "Evidence of at least two evolutionary lineages in Melipona subnitida (Apidae, Meliponini) suggested by mtDNA variability and geometric morphometrics of forewings". Naturwissenschaften. 101 (1): 17–24. Bibcode:2014NW....101...17B. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1123-5. PMID 24384774. S2CID 18986069.
- ^ Maia-Silva, Camila; Hrncir, Michael; Koedam, Dirk; Machado, Renato Jose Pires (21 November 2012). "Out with the garbage: the parasitic strategy of the mantisfly Plega hagenella mass-infesting colonies of the eusocial bee Melipona subnitida in northeastern Brazil". Naturwissenschaften. 100 (1): 101–105. doi:10.1007/s00114-012-0994-1. PMID 23179948. S2CID 13259468.