The traditional knowledge on stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponina) used by the Enawene-Nawe tribe in western Brazil [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2008 Background This paper presents the Enawene-Nawe Society's traditional knowledge about stingless bees. The Enawene-Nawe are an Aruak speaking people, indigenous to the Meridian Amazon.
Antonini Yasmine, Santos Gilton
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Padrão polínico utilizado por Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina) Pollen used by Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina) [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2011 O presente estudo objetivou quantificar e avaliar a carga polínica classificada por coloração encontrada nas corbículas de Tetragonisca angustula Latreille (Apidae: Meliponina). Os grãos de pólen encontrados nas corbículas de T.
Leila Nunes Morgado +3 more
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Karyotypic description of the stingless bee Oxytrigona cf. flaveola (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponina) of a colony from Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso State, Brazil [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2010 The aim was to broaden knowledge on the cytogenetics of the subtribe Meliponina, by furnishing cytogenetic data as a contribution to the characterization of bees from the genus Oxytrigona. Individuals of the species Oxytrigona cf.
Diones Krinski +3 more
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Comunidade de abelhas nativas (Apidae) em Floresta Ombrófila Densa Montana em Santa Catarina Community of native bees (Apidae) in a tropical rain forest mountain area in Santa Catarina [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2010 This study evaluated the bee community and their associated melliferous plants in the northern region of the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil in order to ascertain the diversity and floral interactions of the local Apidae. Twelve samplings were conducted (
Denise M.D.S. Mouga, Cristiane Krug
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The bee community (Hymenoptera, Apidae) of Ilha Grande, Babitonga bay, Santa Catarina State, Brazil: structure, insularity and interaction network [PDF]
Sociobiology, 2022 Island biotic communities tend to be less diverse than mainland communities. This work aimed to describe the bee community of Ilha Grande, Babitonga Bay, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its interactions with floral resources.
Jonata Rodrigo Cavassola da Silva +2 more
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Nesting ecology of stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponina) in urban areas: the importance of afforestation [PDF]
Bioscience Journal, 2013 Studies on nesting ecology have proven to be extremely important for stingless bees conservation. This kind of study is scarce in urban landscapes. Our study aimed to analyze the abundance, density, diversity, spatial distribution and nesting habits of ...
Isabel Farias Aidar +4 more
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Areas of natural occurrence of melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811(Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the state of Bahia, Brazil. [PDF]
, 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
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Sociobiology, 2014 Characteristics of nest structure and nesting habits are useful in taxonomical, phylogenetic, and ecological studies, but for some environments this information is lacking. The external architecture of the nest entrance of native stingless bees (Apidae s.
Felipe Varussa de Oliveira Lima +2 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2011 O espectro polínico do mel de Melipona fasciculata Smith foi analisado com o objetivo de identificar os recursos nectaríferos utilizados por essa espécie.
Adriana Cecília Lima Martins +3 more
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Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2008 O espectro polínico de amostras de mel da abelha Melipona mandacaia foi analisado com objetivo de elucidar os recursos alimentares utilizados por essa espécie.
Rogério Marcos de Oliveira Alves +2 more
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