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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 202, 2025
International Conference of Bioscience, Biodiversity, and Biotechnology (ICB3 2025)
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| Article Number | 02005 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| Section | Biodiversity, Conservation, Environmental Science, and Sustainable Blue | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202520202005 | |
| Published online | 10 December 2025 | |
The diversity of honey bee and entrance characteristics of stingless bees nests at a meliponiculture in Batu Gadang, West Sumatra
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Andalas. Limau Manis, Padang 25163, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
2 STIKES Indonesia, Jl. Khatib Sulaiman No. 17, Padang, 25173, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
3 School of Health Science, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Honey bees, consist of true honey bee bees and stingless bees, are common in Indonesia. This study aimed to do the inventory on honey bee species as well as to study the entrance characteristics of stingless bee nests that exist at the meliponiculture in Batu Gadang, Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. Specimen sampling had been directly conducted at bee colonies, while the entrances of stingless bee nests were measured and described for their characteristics. As result, this study recorded one true honey bee Apis cerana and five stingless bee species from total 37 colonies surveyed. Heterotrigona itama became the most abundant stingless bee with 23 colonies, followed by Lepidotrigona terminata (in four colonies), Geniotrigona thoracica (in three colonies). Two Tetragonula members, laeviceps and fuscobalteata were observed from one colony each. The entrances of stingless bee are characterized with 2 to 30 cm lenght, 1 to 5 mm, and 19 to 187 cm height from ground surface.
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