MARANG: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Indo-Malayan Kelulut Repository, which houses over 20 unique and rare species of the stingless bee, is expected to become a new ecotourism attraction in Terengganu.
UMT Bee and Stingless Bee Researcher Group head Prof Dr Shamsul Bahri Abd Razak said the repository, located at a 0.4ha site at UMT’s second campus in Bukit Kor here, was developed in April last year at the cost of RM100,000.
“Among the species found here are Heterotrigona erythrogastra, Tetrigona apicalis, Homotrigona aliceae, Tetrogona Bingham, Sundatrigona moorei, and Tetrogona peninsular, which are not found elsewhere,” he told Bernama. According to him, the floods caused considerable losses to the university, researchers and the state’s ecotourism sector.
“SIG took decades to gather the collection through travels around the world, so it was very sad when all was lost overnight,” he added.
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