Frieseomelitta varia (IMAGE)

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Frieseomelitta varia

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It is a docile species of economic interest as a pollinator. Its workers are sterile, and some of its genetic sequences are identical to those found in other eusocial bees, pointing to the conservation of ancestral traits

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Cristiano Menezes

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