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Tag: Tetragonula Hockingsi

Tetragonula hockingsi

June 23, 2021December 1, 2021 steve

Article under construction, more info and photos to come… Tetragonula hockingsi is very similar to Tetragonula carbonaria – click here to see that article https://www.nativebeehives.com/native-stingless-bees-tetragonula-carbonaria/

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Stingless Bee Species Takeover

September 6, 2020September 11, 2020 steve

Species Takeover These two colonies are south of Brisbane in the Logan area. Both were Tetragonula carbonaria last time i was there. Since then one has been taken over by the species Tetragonula hockingsi. You can see the main difference in the brood structure, the Tc species have the spiral brood structure and the Th […]

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