FIGURE 29 in Australian and New Guinean Stingless Bees of the Genus Austroplebeia Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae) — a revision

FIGURE 29. Austroplebeia nest entrances: a, A long A. cincta tunnel (120 mm) near Rossville, QLD; b, The tunnel of an A. essingtoni colony that has nested in a cliff face crevice 65k S of Maningrida, NT (photograph by Aung Si); c, A translucent fresh tunnel of an A. australis colony near Tara, QLD (photograph by M. Halcroft); d, An A. australis colony without an entrance tunnel, near Tara, QLD (photograph by M. Halcroft); e, A thicker and older tunnel of an A. cassiae colony near Rossville, QLD; f, The tunnel of an A. magna colony 50k S of Maningrida, NT (photograph by Aung Si); g, The longest tunnel recorded in this study: the 430 mm tunnel of an A. cincta colony that was being harassed by green ants near Rossville, QLD; h, Another long tunnel (ca. 120–130 mm) of an A. magna sp. nov. colony 50k S of Maningrida, NT. Green ants can also be seen on this tunnel (photograph by Aung Si); i, The 160 mm tunnel of an A. cassiae colony near Rossville, QLD. The green ants seen on this tunnel have caught two forager bees.