FIGURE 17 in Nest Architecture, Immature Stages, and Ethnoentomology of a New Species of Trigonisca from Northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

FIGURE 17. Nest of Melipona favosa (Fabricius) in the base of a large Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl. (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), in La Guajira, Colombia (photographs by M.S. Engel). A. Worker at entrance made of mud in a radiating pattern. B. Detail of guard at nest entrance. C. Worker departing nest entrance.