Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 The ability of social insect colonies to recruit nestmates to profitable resources increases colony‐wide foraging efficiency by providing individuals with information that narrows their search for resources. Here we ask if for the Neotropical swarm‐founding wasp Polybia occidentalis naïve nestmates are able to use food‐scent cues from rich carbohydrate
Teresa I. Schueller +2 more
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Community Structure of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Riparian Forest in Batayporã, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]
, 2014 Reduction and destruction of riparian forests are harmful to the biota, especially the social wasps. This study analyzed the species constancy and the structure of the polistine wasp community associated with fragments of riparian forest in the ...
Pereira-Bomfim, Maria da Graça Cardoso
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EntomoBrasilis, 2014 As vespas sociais constituem um grupo com elevada riqueza de espécies e muito comum em áreas amazônicas. Apesar disto, nenhum trabalho foi realizado na Amazônia Maranhense e apenas 58 espécies de vespas sociais são registradas para o estado do Maranhão ...
Alexandre Somavilla +4 more
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Community Structure and Composition of Social Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Different Vegetation Types in São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
, 2020 Social wasps participate in food webs, act as biological control agents in small crops and the natural environment, and act as potential pollinators. The objective of this study was to carry out an inventory of social wasps in five phytophysiognomies ...
Clemente, Mateus Aparecido +4 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2016 : Diversity of species of Apoica present along the portion of Madeira river in Rondônia was investigated. Five of the ten species were found, with new distributional records for Apoica gelida van der Vecht and Apoica pallens Fabricius.
Bruno Gomes +3 more
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Opportunistic predation of a colony of Polybia platycephala (Richards) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) by Labidus praedator (Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) [PDF]
, 2016 Social wasps have developed several defense mechanisms, especially against ants. Predator attacks are the main threat to their nests. The strategy adopted by the wasps, when attacked by ants, is to abandon the nest, thus preserving the adult population ...
Barbosa, Bruno Corrêa +2 more
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Nest camouflage in Metapolybia cingulata and nesting and colony defensive behavior in Metapolybia docilis (Vespidae: Polistinae) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
, 2022 Colony defense by social wasps includes aggressive behavior and camouflage with a high diversity of adaptation of their nests to the environment, including substrate choice.
Barbado, Norma +4 more
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The Effect of Forest Fragmentation on Polistinae
Sociobiology, 2019 The forest fragmentation is caused by natural or anthropic actions, which affect negatively the biota and the environmental services rendered by biological diversity.
Ederson Tadeu Bueno +2 more
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The acceptance rate of young wasps by alien colonies depends on colony developmental stages in the swarm-founding wasp, Polybia paulista von ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]
In social insects, newly emerged individuals learn the colony-specific chemical label from their natal comb shortly after their emergence. These labels help to identify each individual's colony of origin and are used as a recognition template against ...
HOZUMI, Satoshi +3 more
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Foraging Behavior and Colony Cycle of Agelaia vicina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Epiponini)
, 2010 Processo FAPESP: 2008/07633 ...
De Oliveira, Otavio A. L. +2 more
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