Vulture bee

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iVulture bee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Meliponini
Genus: Trigona
Species: T. hypogea
Binomial name
Trigona hypogea

The vulture bee, Trigona hypogea, is a stingless bee which feeds on rotting meat rather than pollen or nectar. It was discovered in 1982.[1]

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  1. ^ http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019294.html
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