NEW SPECIES OF STINGLESS BEE DISCOVERED IN NAGALAND

* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF STINGLESS BEE FROM WOKHA DISTRICT, NAGALAND.

* SPECIES NAMED - TETRAGONULA YIKHUMENSIS 

( NAMED AFTER YIKHUM VILLAGE, NAGALAND ) 

* THE RESEARCH TEAM COMPRISES OF NOYINGBENI M ODYUO, RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, NAGALAND UNIVERSITY, PROFESSOR BENDANG AO, PROFESSOR RANJIT KUMAR ( UNIVERSITY OF NAGALAND) 

* STINGLESS BEE ARE THE VITAL IN THE TROPICAL POLLINATOR, 

* THEY POLIINATE FRUITS, PLANTS AND CROPS 

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