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Mexican honey wasp

Brachygastra mellifica

Ku linnya: The genus name Brachygastra comes from Ancient Greek words meaning 'short belly', and the species name mellifica is Latin for 'to make honey'.1

Kiruma bwokkaKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.

Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene

KibojjaKirya: Ebiwuka

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The Mexican honey wasp is a small social wasp that lives in colonies and builds large paper nests. It is one of the few wasps that makes honey, and it helps pollinate avocado flowers. It lives from Panama through Central America and Mexico, and in parts of Arizona and Texas.1

Kibeera mu

From northern Panama through Central America and Mexico, plus southeastern Arizona and southern Texas in the USA.1

Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono

Awaka

It builds its nest in the canopy of a shrub or tree, often 1 to 9 m above the ground, and the nest is well hidden by leaves. Nests are often reported in suburban areas close to people's homes.1

Obuwanvu

7 mm okutuuka ku 9 mm (0,3 in okutuuka ku 0,4 in)1

Embiro ezisinga

nga 20 km/h (12 mph)

Kibuuka, kuteebereza bwokka

Kirya ki?

It hunts the psyllid Diaphorina citri in tree shoots, sucking its body fluids and sometimes eating the whole insect. It also eats weevil larvae and moth larvae.1

Ekifaananyi kya Mexican honey wasp — Mexican honey wasp. Ekifaananyi: Francisco Farriols Sarabia. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

Alternating bands of yellow and black across the abdomen (the rear part of the body).1
Small, with a body length of 7 to 9 mm.1
Abdomen can be almost as wide as it is long.1
Paper nests 40 to 50 cm across, with a rough, brown or grey, non-glossy surface like cardboard.1
Queens have a dark reddish-brown abdomen.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It is very similar in appearance to Brachygastra lecheguana. The two species are mainly told apart by where they live.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Kibojja

Obusagwa buyita mu ggwa lyakyo eribojja.

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

Bwe kibojja

Kalakata oggyemu eriggwa ly'enjuki era onyogoze ekifo.
Omuntu bw'aba nga tassa bulungi, ng'azimbye mu maaso oba mu mumiro, oba ng'awulira ng'agenda kuzirika, buno bubenje bwa alergy obw'amangu: kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze era kozesa empiso ye eya adrenaline (adrenaline pen) bw'aba nga agirina.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

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Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

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Mexican honey wasp kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ensowera y'awaka nga 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Mexican honey wasp nga 20 km/h (12 mph)

Omuntu adduka embiro ez'amaanyi nga 37 km/h (23 mph)

kirungi okumanya

Ebituufu

It is one of only a few insects besides bees that make and store their own honey.1

A single nest can house anywhere from 3,500 to 18,700 wasps.1

In Los Reyes Metzontla, Mexico, the Popoloca people eat its honey and larvae, harvesting them when the moon is between its last quarter and waning gibbous.1

It helps pollinate avocados, carrying avocado pollen on its hairy head, thorax and legs.1

Scientists have studied it as a natural control for Diaphorina citri, a pest that spreads citrus greening disease.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi: Brachygastra mellifica
Ekibinja: Enjuki, ennumba n'ennumba ennene
Amaka: Vespidae2
Ensengeka: Hymenoptera
Ssemazinga: Amerika ey'Obukiikakkono
Akabi eri abantu: 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

Brachygastra mellifica (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
Brachygastra mellifica (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
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