2001
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752001000100003
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Informações biológicas e estimativa do tamanho ideal da colmeia para a abelha tiúba do Maranhão (Melipona compressipes fasciculata Smith - Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Biological informations and ideal size estimation of hives for the stingless becs of Maranhão (Meliponll compressipes (Fabricius, 1798). Natural colonies of M compressipesfasciculata occupied tree holes ranging from 6,5 to 241. The average honey production of 60 colonies in hives with capacity of 50.2 I, 41.0, 30.2, 16.5 and 6.2 were respectively 8.4, 6.5, 5.5, 3.3 and 2.0 Kg. Due to lack of bee flowers wilhin lhe city limits, hives wilh a volume of271 (30x30x30 em) were used successfully in our f… Show more

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“…Meliponines are stingless bees native to tropical and subtropical regions [9]. In the north and in some states of northeastern Brazil, Melipona compressipes fasciculata is the most important species for honey bee production and play an important role in flower pollination [10]. Stingless bees generally mix resinous material that they collect from plants with wax and soil and store large deposits of this material, called geopropolis, inside their hives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Meliponines are stingless bees native to tropical and subtropical regions [9]. In the north and in some states of northeastern Brazil, Melipona compressipes fasciculata is the most important species for honey bee production and play an important role in flower pollination [10]. Stingless bees generally mix resinous material that they collect from plants with wax and soil and store large deposits of this material, called geopropolis, inside their hives.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…O mel de tiúba, por ser mais líquido, ácido e de cor suave que o mel de abelhas do gênero Apis, alcança preços muito mais elevados. 3 Entretanto, são relativamente recentes os estudos que descrevem as características físico-químicas do mel de meliponíneos, sendo de fundamental importância a caracterização de méis de regiões tropicais, onde a flora é bastante diversificada, associada às taxas elevadas de umidade e temperatura. 4 O mel de M. fasciculata possui um aroma bastante atrativo devido à florada e às características biológicas das abelhas que elevam a concentração de açúcar até o máximo de 74%.…”
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“…The flight distance in stingless bees is generally short compared to Apis mellifera L., and is mainly related to worker body size [42]. Larger bees such as Trigona fulviventris Guérin, Cephalotrigona capitata (Smith), Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, and Melipona compressipes Smith can travel distances between 1500 to 2500 meters [43,44]. Smaller bees like Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Lepeletier, 1836), Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille, 1811), Plebeia poecilochroa Moure and Camargo, 1993 and Scaura new species, fly 600 to 950 m from their nests [42,45].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%