{"id":122118,"date":"2026-09-01T13:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=122118"},"modified":"2026-09-01T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:33:03","slug":"tetragonula-nagalandensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tetragonula-nagalandensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tetragonula nagalandensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tetragonula nagalandensis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of stingless honey bee and named it Tetragonula nagalandensis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tetragonula nagalandensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">species of <\/span><b>stingless honey bee <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">discovered<\/span><b> in Nagaland.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name nagalandensis was chosen as a <\/span><b>tribute to the state of Nagaland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where the bee was first <\/span><b>discovered in the Medziphema region.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It brings the total number of known stingless bee <\/span><b>species in the country to 19.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their unique reproductive anatomy provides the fingerprint needed for identification.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Morphology:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Under a microscope, the researchers found distinct differences in <\/span><b>the male&#8217;s<\/b> <b>underside and reproductive organs, specifically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a C-shaped notch and a sharply curved penis valve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is notably smaller, with a body length of about 5 millimetres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike common honey bees that build hives in trees or buildings, these bees are <\/span><b>subterranean, living under the soil.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its home is also unique; as it builds <\/span><b>compact clusters of brood cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protected by several thin layers of <\/span><b>wax and organic material to survive the damp, underground environment.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Ecological Role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Stingless bees are vital pollinators for local crops and wild vegetation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/new-species-stingless-bee-discovered-nagaland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tetragonula nagalandensis  is a species of stingless honey bee discovered in Nagaland. Read more about Tetragonula nagalandensis, Characteristics, Ecological Role, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":122112,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9922],"class_list":["post-122118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-tetragonula-nagalandensis","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122118"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122179,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122118\/revisions\/122179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}