Colony size
Adult bee counts in 50 colonies of five Amazonian stingless bees revealed those species with small (<1,000 adult bees: P. minima [12 colonies], M. fasciculata [8] and M. flavolineata [8]), medium (between 1,000 and 5,000 adult bees;F. longipes [9]), and large-sized colonies (>5,000 adult bees; S. aff. postica [13]) (Table 1).