Effect of larval food amount on in vitro rearing of Indo-Malayan Stingless Bee Queen, Heterotrigona itama (Hymenoptera : Apidae; Meliponini)

• Main Authors: Nurul Izdihar Razali, Shamsul Bahri Abd Razak, Fatimah Hashim, Nurul Wahida Othman, Wahizatul Afzan Azmi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18159/1/1.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18159/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/malay_journals/jilid50bil10_2021/KandunganJilid50Bil10_2021.html
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

The demand for stingless bee colonies in Malaysia has considerably increased due to the rapid advance of meliponiculture in using the stingless bees as agricultural pollinators, as well as the commercialization of stingless bee products (i.e. honey, bee bread and propolis). Thus, in vitro queen rear...