Managed stingless bee nests A Geniotrigona lacteifasciata (Cameron) from Brunei B Lepidotrigona terminata (Smith) from Brunei C managed stingless bee colony from Kenya D stingless bee hives both in log and in boxes E stingless bee colonies kept in bamboo under the roof in Kenya F stingless beekeeper in Kenya G small colony of stingless bees kept in dried gourd in Peru H Scaptotrigona sp. kept in boxed hive in Peru. All photographs C. Rasmussen except A and B M.S. Engel.