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    • Stingless Bees in applied pollination: practice and perspectives 

      Sánchez Chaves, Luis; Hofstede, Frouke; Slaa, Ester Judith; Malagodi-Braga, Kátia (Apidologie, 2006-06-22)
      At present, numbers of both wild and managed bee colonies are declining rapidly, causing global concern for pollination services. Stingless bees play an important ecological role as pollinators of many wild plant species ...
    • The antimicrobial activity and microbiological safety of stingless bee honeys from Costa Rica 

      Zamora Fallas, Gabriel; Beukelman, Kees; van den Berg, Bert; Arias Echandi, María Luisa; Umaña Rojas, Eduardo; Aguilar Monge, Ingrid; Sánchez Chávez, Luis Alejandro; Fallas Matamoros, Natalia; Quarles van Ufford, Linda; Gross, Norma (International Bee Research AssociationTaylor and Francis, 2014)
      Stingless bee honeys from Costa Rica possess etnopharmacological value mainly as a wound dressing. The microbiological study by APHA methods reported that 83 % of the honeys analysed had microbial counts that comply with ...
    • Trampa de fondo como una alternativa en el control integrado del ácaro Varroa destructor en colmenas de abejas africanizadas 

      Sánchez Chaves, Luis; Calderon, Rafael; Ramírez-Arias, José Fernando; Sanchez, Luis (Revista de Ciencias Veterinarias, UNA, 2023-11-09)
      Se midió la efectividad de la trampa de fondo en el control del ácaro Varroa destructor en colmenas de abejas africanizadas, de junio a setiembre 2017, en Atenas, Alajuela. Se registró la caída natural de ácaros durante ...