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Urbelinda Ferrufino, Patricia Vit: Pot-Honey of Six Meliponines from Amboró National Park, Bolivia. In: Pot-Honey. Springer New York, New York, NY 2013, ISBN 978-1-4614-4959-1, S.409–416, doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_29 (springer.com [abgerufen am 21. Februar 2023]).