Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region
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Resumo: | In a caatinga region the flowers and nonfloral resources visited by highly eusocial bees, stingless beess and Apis mellifera (Africanized honey bee) were studied. During one year, monthly sampling took place in two sites at Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí State, Brazil), one of them, including the local village, outside the park, and the other inside, using already existing park trails. With the help of entomological nets, all bees were caught while visiting floral and nonfloral resources. At the study sites we observed more stingless bees in nonfloral resources, made possible by human presence. Twelve stingless bee species used the nonfloral resources in different proportions, showing no preference for time of day, season of the year, or sites. During the rainy season, more water sources and abundant flowering plants were observed, which attract stingless bees, even though many worker bees were found foraging in the aqueous substrates while few were observed at water sources. This relationship was higher for stingless bee species than for Africanized honey bees. Paratrigona lineata was represented by few specimens in floral and nonfloral resources and is perhaps rare in this region. Frieseomelitta silvestrii could be considered rare in the floral resources, but they were abundant in nonfloral resources. The variety and intriguing abundance of bees in nonfloral resources suggests that these are an important part of the stingless bee niches, even if these resources are used for nest construction and defense. |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga regioneusocial beedetritussemi-arid regionfood resourcesIn a caatinga region the flowers and nonfloral resources visited by highly eusocial bees, stingless beess and Apis mellifera (Africanized honey bee) were studied. During one year, monthly sampling took place in two sites at Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí State, Brazil), one of them, including the local village, outside the park, and the other inside, using already existing park trails. With the help of entomological nets, all bees were caught while visiting floral and nonfloral resources. At the study sites we observed more stingless bees in nonfloral resources, made possible by human presence. Twelve stingless bee species used the nonfloral resources in different proportions, showing no preference for time of day, season of the year, or sites. During the rainy season, more water sources and abundant flowering plants were observed, which attract stingless bees, even though many worker bees were found foraging in the aqueous substrates while few were observed at water sources. This relationship was higher for stingless bee species than for Africanized honey bees. Paratrigona lineata was represented by few specimens in floral and nonfloral resources and is perhaps rare in this region. Frieseomelitta silvestrii could be considered rare in the floral resources, but they were abundant in nonfloral resources. The variety and intriguing abundance of bees in nonfloral resources suggests that these are an important part of the stingless bee niches, even if these resources are used for nest construction and defense.Instituto Internacional de Ecologia2005-05-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842005000200013Brazilian Journal of Biology v.65 n.2 2005reponame:Brazilian Journal of Biologyinstname:Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)instacron:IIE10.1590/S1519-69842005000200013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessLorenzon,M. C. A.Matrangolo,C. A. R.eng2005-11-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-69842005000200013Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjb/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjb@bjb.com.br||bjb@bjb.com.br1678-43751519-6984opendoar:2005-11-28T00:00Brazilian Journal of Biology - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)false |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region Lorenzon,M. C. A. eusocial bee detritus semi-arid region food resources |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
title_full |
Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Foraging on some nonfloral resources by stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) in a caatinga region |
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Lorenzon,M. C. A. |
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Lorenzon,M. C. A. Matrangolo,C. A. R. |
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Matrangolo,C. A. R. |
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Lorenzon,M. C. A. Matrangolo,C. A. R. |
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eusocial bee detritus semi-arid region food resources |
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eusocial bee detritus semi-arid region food resources |
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In a caatinga region the flowers and nonfloral resources visited by highly eusocial bees, stingless beess and Apis mellifera (Africanized honey bee) were studied. During one year, monthly sampling took place in two sites at Serra da Capivara National Park (Piauí State, Brazil), one of them, including the local village, outside the park, and the other inside, using already existing park trails. With the help of entomological nets, all bees were caught while visiting floral and nonfloral resources. At the study sites we observed more stingless bees in nonfloral resources, made possible by human presence. Twelve stingless bee species used the nonfloral resources in different proportions, showing no preference for time of day, season of the year, or sites. During the rainy season, more water sources and abundant flowering plants were observed, which attract stingless bees, even though many worker bees were found foraging in the aqueous substrates while few were observed at water sources. This relationship was higher for stingless bee species than for Africanized honey bees. Paratrigona lineata was represented by few specimens in floral and nonfloral resources and is perhaps rare in this region. Frieseomelitta silvestrii could be considered rare in the floral resources, but they were abundant in nonfloral resources. The variety and intriguing abundance of bees in nonfloral resources suggests that these are an important part of the stingless bee niches, even if these resources are used for nest construction and defense. |
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