Individual foraging, activity level and longevity in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii in Costa Rica (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponinae)
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Antibacterial activity of honey from stingless honeybees (Hymenoptera; Apidae; Meliponinae).
The aim of the study was to examine antibacterial activity of the honey of stingless honeybees (Meliponinae). An agar well diffusion assay demonstrated that many honey samples of stingless honeybees inhibited the growth of test strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; moreover, they exhibited non-peroxide antibacterial activity agains...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insectes Sociaux
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0020-1812,1420-9098
DOI: 10.1007/s000400050099