FIGURE 31 in Australian and New Guinean Stingless Bees of the Genus Austroplebeia Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae) — a revision

FIGURE 31. Internal nest characteristics and brood comb of an A. cincta colony near Rossville, QLD: a, The multi-pocket batumen sheath enclosing the whole nest within the 170 mm diameter tree cavity; b, Brood comb and honey pots revealed when the upper layer of batumen was removed from the central nest area (arrow indicates six concentric layers of larval brood cells at the top of the brood comb); c, Outer surface of the brood with the newest brood cells of the advancing front waxed together into a solid layer; d, Side view of the advancing front of the brood showing the cells arranged in concentric layers; e, Cocoons in an irregular arrangement in the central area of the brood. Abbreviations: Bat—batumen layer; Bro—brood comb; Hon—honey pots.