sugarbag bees & honey

Scientific Name
Tetragonula mellipes
Category
Insects & Gastropods

Kind of honey bee and honey found in the ground or in tree hollows. Most dialects call it nabiwo. Kune dialect speakers call it modjarnh. There are other species of native honey bees in the western Arnhem Land region such as Austroplebeia magna and Austroplebeia essingtonii.

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Kunwinjku term
nabiwo
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Kundjeyhmi term
nabiwo
Kuninjku term
nabiwo
Kune/Mayali term
modjarnh
Kundedjnjenghmi term
nabiwo

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