Meanings
- A mixture consisting of cerumen (beeswax), resin and vegetable matter, used in the construction and maintenance of nests by meliponine bees.
[The] Batumen Nests of Meliponini are surrounded by a layer of material called batumen. The batumen is made of cerumen (commonly brittle), resin (propolis), or sometimes of vegetable matter or mud mixed with resin or cerumen.
1974, Charles Duncan Michener, The Social Behavior of the Bees: A Comparative Study, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 3342 more examples
... batumen plate Figure 7-8 . Diagram of a meliponine nest in a hollow tree, with parts labeled. The batumen typically surrounds the entire nest; here it consists of two plates that limit the nest area and a thin lining of batumen (not[…]
2007 May 31, Charles D. Michener, The Bees of the World, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 28[…] batumen may form a thick layer. For example in a long hollow in a tree trunk, strong batumen plates above and below the nest may close off the nest area from other parts of the hollow (Fig. 1.3 ). The strong and usually laminate[…]
2013 January 17, Patricia Vit, Silvia R. M. Pedro, David Roubik, Pot-Honey: A legacy of stingless bees, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 13
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