Melipona beecheii

Melipona beecheii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Apidae
Genus:	Melipona
Species:	M. beecheii
Binomial name
	Melipona beecheii; Bennett, 1831

Melipona beecheii is a species of eusocial stingless bee. It is native to Central America from the Yucatán Peninsula in the north to Costa Rica in the south.^[2] M. beecheii was cultivated in the Yucatán Peninsula starting in the pre-Columbian era by the ancient Maya civilization. The Mayan name for M. beecheii is xunan kab, which translates roughly to "regal lady bee".^[3] M. beecheii serves as the subject of various Mayan religious ceremonies.

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^ de Jesús May-Itzá, Jesús; et al. (2009). "Intraspecific variation in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii assessed with PCR-RFLP of the ITS1 ribosomal DNA" (PDF). Apidologie. 40 (5): 549–555. doi:10.1051/apido/2009036. S2CID 43321039.
^ "Diccionario Introductorio" (PDF). uqroo.mx (in Spanish). Universidad De Quintana Roo. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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[de-2] Jesús May-Itzá, Jesús; et al. (2009). "Intraspecific variation in the stingless bee Melipona beecheii assessed with PCR-RFLP of the ITS1 ribosomal DNA" (PDF). Apidologie. 40 (5): 549–555. doi:10.1051/apido/2009036. S2CID 43321039.

[3] "Diccionario Introductorio" (PDF). uqroo.mx (in Spanish). Universidad De Quintana Roo. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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