Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre)
Autor(a) principal: | |
---|---|
Data de Publicação: | 2012 |
Outros Autores: | , , |
Tipo de documento: | Artigo |
Idioma: | eng |
Título da fonte: | Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) |
Texto Completo: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000100012 |
Resumo: | Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre). Stingless bees have an important role as pollinators of many wild and cultivated plant species in tropical regions. Little is known, however, about the interaction between floral fragrances and the foraging behavior of meliponine species. Thus we investigated the chemical composition of the extracts of citric (lemon and orange) flowers and their effects on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis. We found that each type of flower has its own specific blend of major compounds: limonene (62.9%) for lemon flowers, and farnesol (26.5%), (E)-nerolidol (20.8%), and linalool (12.7%) for orange flowers. In the foraging experiments the S. pectoralis workers were able to use the flower extracts to orient to the food source, overlooking plates baited with hexane only. However, orange flower extracts were seemingly more attractive to these worker bees, maybe because of the particular blend present in it. Our results reveal that these fragrances are very attractive to S. pectoralis, so we can infer that within citric orchards they could be important visitors in the study area; however habitat destruction, overuse of pesticides and the competitive override by managed honeybees might have put at risk their populations and thus the ecological services they provide to us. |
id |
SBE-1_7356c257bf75852945039e848ff49c9c |
---|---|
oai_identifier_str |
oai:scielo:S0085-56262012000100012 |
network_acronym_str |
SBE-1 |
network_name_str |
Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) |
repository_id_str |
|
spelling |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre)Citrusforagingflower volatilesScaptotrigona pectoralisstingless beeEffect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre). Stingless bees have an important role as pollinators of many wild and cultivated plant species in tropical regions. Little is known, however, about the interaction between floral fragrances and the foraging behavior of meliponine species. Thus we investigated the chemical composition of the extracts of citric (lemon and orange) flowers and their effects on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis. We found that each type of flower has its own specific blend of major compounds: limonene (62.9%) for lemon flowers, and farnesol (26.5%), (E)-nerolidol (20.8%), and linalool (12.7%) for orange flowers. In the foraging experiments the S. pectoralis workers were able to use the flower extracts to orient to the food source, overlooking plates baited with hexane only. However, orange flower extracts were seemingly more attractive to these worker bees, maybe because of the particular blend present in it. Our results reveal that these fragrances are very attractive to S. pectoralis, so we can infer that within citric orchards they could be important visitors in the study area; however habitat destruction, overuse of pesticides and the competitive override by managed honeybees might have put at risk their populations and thus the ecological services they provide to us.Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia2012-03-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000100012Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.56 n.1 2012reponame:Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE)instacron:SBE10.1590/S0085-56262012000100012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGrajales-Conesa,JulietaMeléndez Ramírez,VirginiaCruz-López,LeopoldoSánchez Guillén,Danieleng2012-04-16T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0085-56262012000100012Revistahttp://www.rbentomologia.com/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||sbe@ufpr.br1806-96650085-5626opendoar:2012-04-16T00:00Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE)false |
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
title |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
spellingShingle |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) Grajales-Conesa,Julieta Citrus foraging flower volatiles Scaptotrigona pectoralis stingless bee |
title_short |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
title_full |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
title_fullStr |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
title_full_unstemmed |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
title_sort |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre) |
author |
Grajales-Conesa,Julieta |
author_facet |
Grajales-Conesa,Julieta Meléndez Ramírez,Virginia Cruz-López,Leopoldo Sánchez Guillén,Daniel |
author_role |
author |
author2 |
Meléndez Ramírez,Virginia Cruz-López,Leopoldo Sánchez Guillén,Daniel |
author2_role |
author author author |
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv |
Grajales-Conesa,Julieta Meléndez Ramírez,Virginia Cruz-López,Leopoldo Sánchez Guillén,Daniel |
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv |
Citrus foraging flower volatiles Scaptotrigona pectoralis stingless bee |
topic |
Citrus foraging flower volatiles Scaptotrigona pectoralis stingless bee |
description |
Effect of Citrus floral extracts on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis (Dalla Torre). Stingless bees have an important role as pollinators of many wild and cultivated plant species in tropical regions. Little is known, however, about the interaction between floral fragrances and the foraging behavior of meliponine species. Thus we investigated the chemical composition of the extracts of citric (lemon and orange) flowers and their effects on the foraging behavior of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona pectoralis. We found that each type of flower has its own specific blend of major compounds: limonene (62.9%) for lemon flowers, and farnesol (26.5%), (E)-nerolidol (20.8%), and linalool (12.7%) for orange flowers. In the foraging experiments the S. pectoralis workers were able to use the flower extracts to orient to the food source, overlooking plates baited with hexane only. However, orange flower extracts were seemingly more attractive to these worker bees, maybe because of the particular blend present in it. Our results reveal that these fragrances are very attractive to S. pectoralis, so we can infer that within citric orchards they could be important visitors in the study area; however habitat destruction, overuse of pesticides and the competitive override by managed honeybees might have put at risk their populations and thus the ecological services they provide to us. |
publishDate |
2012 |
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv |
2012-03-01 |
dc.type.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.type.status.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
format |
article |
status_str |
publishedVersion |
dc.identifier.uri.fl_str_mv |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000100012 |
url |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262012000100012 |
dc.language.iso.fl_str_mv |
eng |
language |
eng |
dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv |
10.1590/S0085-56262012000100012 |
dc.rights.driver.fl_str_mv |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv |
text/html |
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia |
publisher.none.fl_str_mv |
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia |
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv |
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia v.56 n.1 2012 reponame:Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) instname:Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE) instacron:SBE |
instname_str |
Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE) |
instacron_str |
SBE |
institution |
SBE |
reponame_str |
Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) |
collection |
Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) |
repository.name.fl_str_mv |
Revista brasileira de entomologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia (SBE) |
repository.mail.fl_str_mv |
||sbe@ufpr.br |
_version_ |
1752126459128840192 |