10-hydroxy-2E-decenoic acid (10HDA) does not promote caste differentiation in Melipona scutellaris stingless bees [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 In bees from genus Melipona, differential feeding is not enough to fully explain female polyphenism. In these bees, there is a hypothesis that in addition to the environmental component (food), a genetic component is also involved in caste ...
Luiza Diniz Ferreira Borges +9 more
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Areas of natural occurrence of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the state of Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2012 The bee Melipona scutellaris is considered the reared meliponine species with the largest distribution in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with records from the state of Rio Grande do Norte down to the state of Bahia. Considering the importance
Rogério M.O. Alves +3 more
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Characterization of antennal sensilla, larvae morphology and olfactory genes of Melipona scutellaris stingless bee. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 There is growing evidence in the literature suggesting that caste differentiation in the stingless bee, Melipona scutellaris, and other bees in the genus Melipona, is triggered by environmental signals, particularly a primer pheromone.
Washington João de Carvalho +8 more
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Retroelement expansions underlie genome evolution in stingless bees [PDF]
BMC GenomicsStingless bees serve as crucial pollinators and are increasingly recognized as models for investigating behavioral and genomic evolution in insects. In the genus Melipona, a major difference in heterochromatin organization defines two groups: Group I ...
Natalia de Souza Araujo +9 more
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Bacteria, yeasts, and fungi associated with larval food of Brazilian native stingless bees [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Stingless bees are a diverse group with a relevant role in pollinating native species. Its diet is rich in carbohydrates and proteins, by collecting pollen and nectar supplies the development of its offspring. Fermentation of these products is associated
Ana Carolina Costa Santos +8 more
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Epigenetic modifications and their relation to caste and sex determination and adult division of labor in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2017 Stingless bees of the genus Melipona, have long been considered an enigmatic case among social insects for their mode of caste determination, where in addition to larval food type and quantity, the genotype also has a saying, as proposed over 50 years ...
Carlos A.M. Cardoso-Júnior +7 more
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Insights into the Melipona scutellaris (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) fat body transcriptome [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2013 The insect fat body is a multifunctional organ analogous to the vertebrate liver. The fat body is involved in the metabolism of juvenile hormone, regulation of environmental stress, production of immunity regulator-like proteins in cells and protein ...
Cristina Soares de Sousa +6 more
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Neutral Sterols of Cephalic Glands of Stingless Bees and Their Correlation with Sterols from Pollen [PDF]
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012 Sterols are essential molecules in the membrane lipid composition and precursors of important sterol hormones that regulate many developmental processes.
Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman +4 more
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Pollen Spectrum and Trophic Niche Width of Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811 (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Highly Urbanized and Industrialized Sites [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2019 The floristic composition of an environment is important to ensure the trophic niche of bee species. Melipona scutellaris Latreille, is a typical stingless bee of Atlantic rainforest sites in northeastern Brazil, a region widely established in ...
Brunelle Ramos Andrade +6 more
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Expression of methyl farnesoate epoxidase (mfe) and juvenile hormone esterase (jhe) genes and their relation to social organization in the stingless bee Melipona interrupta (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2021 Social organization in highly eusocial bees relies upon two important processes: caste differentiation in female larvae, and age polyethism in adult workers. Juvenile Hormone (JH) is a key regulator of both processes.
Diana Vieira Brito +3 more
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