Talk:Trigona fuscipennis

Untitled
Hello, I am working on creating an article for this species for a class. So I would appreciate it if no one took my page down while I am in the process of completing it. Thank you. Megxb (talk) 15:15, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Megxb. Peer reviewers: Orchidabar, Rasikareddy1019.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 04:27, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Peer Review
I think that a lot of the sections are described in great depth and clearly! I changed the organization so that the different sections were divided into three broader categories of Behavior, Defense Mechanisms, and Interactions with Other Species so that the structure is easy to follow and navigate. I think that more information could be added to the Parasites section to explain more clearly how these parasites infest the larvae. I also think the Mimicry section could be elaborated on as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rasikareddy1019 (talk • contribs) 18:21, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

I noticed several words that did not have hyperlinks – so I added them to terms that needed clarity in understanding. Specifically, I added hyperlinks to the sections Taxonomy and Phylogeny, distribution and habitat, and colony cycle, to name a few. The identification section includes a bit of jargon that I was unable to add hyperlinks to. Specifically, the words metasoma, mandible and cerenum are words that a layperson would not necessarily know. I would consider either defining these terms or taking them out of the article all together as it is not appropriate for Wikipedia. My main criticism is to make sure the article is clear to someone who knows nothing about bees. Besides that, this is a well-done article! I enjoyed reading about the unique mating and foraging behavior of Trigona Fuscipennis.Orchidabar (talk) 19:04, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Overall the article was informative and well written. Especially good job with the detailed description of distribution/habitat and the mechanisms that lead to the colony cycling (pheromones, etc). Also great job with the citations. In general, I think that you can improve the article by reorganizing and expanding upon some sections. The “production of Quality Honey” section seems somewhat out of place as it describes the mechanism behind a behavior (honey production) rather than diet. I also think that the “mimicry” section does not belong under behavior as the section talks about how other species mimic T. fuscipennis (it would do better in the section titled “interactions with other species”). The mimicry section is also extremely interesting and could use some expansion (explain the type of mimicry, and maybe its implications). I also think you should add more to the sections titled “predators” and “parasites”; both these sections only contain about 10 words, which makes the article feel incomplete (possibly go over how/where these predators interact and maybe the mechanism that the parasitic mites use to infiltrate nests and infect larvae). I would also really like to hear more about the “parasitic nectar stealing” that T.fuscipennis engages in (they are thieves!). In general, you present a lot of really interesting information in this article. Great work! Jkottapalli (talk) 20:08, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Additions to the article
Fantastic article! I went ahead and created a range map to illustrate the distribution of the Trigona fuscipennis bee. I also added a couple links within the article and I reviewed the text for spelling, punctuation, and grammar. Kulshrestha51 (talk) 20:45, 4 December 2015 (UTC)