[Pollinator] Looking for information about African Meliponula

[Stephen Buchmann]

Please post this to enquiry to the pollinator list serve,
thanks,
Steve Buchmann, Ph.D.




"We are trying to confirm whether the African stingless bee genus
*Meliponula* does in fact sonicate
(buzz pollinate) flowers with pored anthers (e.g. *Solanum*), or if it
only gleans pollen left on corollas after visits by legitimate buzzing bees
(e.g. *Amegilla*). Please contact us asap if you have information (personal
observations or know of a published literature reference) on floral buzzing
behavior by *Meliponula* in Africa."

thanking you in advance for any help you can provide!

Sincerely,

Stephen Buchmann, Ph.D.
Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
USA
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