FAUNA Paraguay Gallery of Social Bees (Apidae)
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We are just beginning with the study of invertebrates in Paraguay and will soon start an extensive inventory of the bees. Below is a selection of our ant images we have so far taken in Paraguay. Thanks to Bolivar Garcete for his assistance in identifying our bee images.
FIGURE 1 - Honey Bee Apis mellifera - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2007).
FIGURE 2 - Honey Bee Apis mellifera active nest - Fuerte Olimpo, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - Honey Bee Apis mellifera abandonded nest - PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith June 2006).
FIGURE 4 - Plebeia sp.(Subfamily Apinae Tribe Melliponini) active nest - Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 5 - Tetragonisca angustula (Subfamily Apinae Tribe Melliponini) - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 6-7 - Tetragonisca angustula (Subfamily Apinae Tribe Melliponini) - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.mymrecos.net).
FIGURE  8 - Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sp  - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 9 - Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sp "Manganga" - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 10 - Nest of unidentified sp. Genus Trigona or Scaptotrigona (Subfamily Apinae Tribe Melliponini) - Fortín Boquerón, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 11 - Scaptotrigona sp. (Subfamily Apinae Tribe Melliponini) - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2007).
FIGURE 12 - Centris sp - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 13 - Colelyoxys sp. - Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 14 - Bumble Bee Bombus sp. - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Chris Elder November 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).