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abelha do chão

English translation: mulatinha bee OR: Brazilian stingless bee

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Portuguese term or phrase:abelha do chão
English translation:mulatinha bee OR: Brazilian stingless bee
Entered by: zabrowa

08:39 Jan 26, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
Portuguese term or phrase: abelha do chão
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zabrowa
Local time: 01:05
mulatinha bee OR: Brazilian stingless bee
Explanation:
"Abelha-do-chao" and "mulatinha-do-chao" are both names for the bee of the species Schwarziana quadripunctata. It's referred to as "the Brazilian stingless bee," but there could be others, so I think you have to use a native word to distinguish it.

This is the habit of **mulatinha-do-chão (Schwarziana quadripunctata)**, mirim-do-chão ... A stingless bee nest has an entrance normally build of wax and mud. ...
www.ufv.br/dbg/bee/Versao2/nest.htm

**Abelha-do-Chão = MULATINHA**. Abelha Limão = IRAXIM. Abelha Mulata = IRUÇU / IRUÇU MINEIRO. Abelhão = MAMANGABA. Abelha Africana = Apis melífera adamson ...
www.angelfire.com/wy/shangrila/racas.html

(Right) A queen, dwarf queen, and worker of **the Brazilian stingless bee Schwarziana quadripunctata**. The normal queen is larger than a worker but the dwarf ...
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5706/54
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 16:05
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mulatinha bee OR: Brazilian stingless bee


Explanation:
"Abelha-do-chao" and "mulatinha-do-chao" are both names for the bee of the species Schwarziana quadripunctata. It's referred to as "the Brazilian stingless bee," but there could be others, so I think you have to use a native word to distinguish it.

This is the habit of **mulatinha-do-chão (Schwarziana quadripunctata)**, mirim-do-chão ... A stingless bee nest has an entrance normally build of wax and mud. ...
www.ufv.br/dbg/bee/Versao2/nest.htm

**Abelha-do-Chão = MULATINHA**. Abelha Limão = IRAXIM. Abelha Mulata = IRUÇU / IRUÇU MINEIRO. Abelhão = MAMANGABA. Abelha Africana = Apis melífera adamson ...
www.angelfire.com/wy/shangrila/racas.html

(Right) A queen, dwarf queen, and worker of **the Brazilian stingless bee Schwarziana quadripunctata**. The normal queen is larger than a worker but the dwarf ...
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/307/5706/54

Muriel Vasconcellos
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Local time: 16:05
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