title: Melipona quinquefasciata
text: # Melipona quinquefasciata
  
  Melipona quinquefasciata, commonly known as the mandaçaia-da-terra or mandaçaia-do-chão (Brazilian Portuguese: "ground mandaçaia" bee) in Brazil, is a species of eusocial stingless bee in the family Apidae and tribe Meliponini.
  
  