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Workers of M. beecheii collecting pollen from a water lily.
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Quezada-Euán, J.J.G. (2018). Anatomy and Physiology. In: Stingless Bees of Mexico. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77785-6_3
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