Frieseomelitta nigra
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Frieseomelitta nigra, the black slender-stingless bee or buzzard stingless bee, is a species of stingless bee of the Meliponini tribe endemic to Mexico, Belize and possibly Guatemala. Like other bees in the Meliponini tribe, as well as its relatives in the Frieseomelitta genus, the buzzard bee lacks a stinger. It is around 6 mm long, has an entirely black body, and has dark wings with white tips. It shares many characteristics with Frieseomelitta paupera, the latter even being considered a subspecies of Frieseomelitta nigra in countries such as Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.
Its distribution extends throughout the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, State of Mexico, Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, as well as Belize and possibly Guatemala, according to observations. It usually prefers warmer climates in ecosystems such as humid forest, dry forest, scrubland, temperate forest, cloud forest and wetlands. It usually builds nests in holes in trees or lampposts, walls and different types of substrate on the ground, which it usually covers with resin.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black Slender-Stingless Bee sighting in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 27 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August–September and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Black Slender-Stingless Bee in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, October and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black Slender-Stingless Bee sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Black Slender-Stingless Bee sightings, Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Mexico, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black Slender-Stingless Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
