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).