2010
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062010000200024
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Ocorrência do pólen de Podocarpus sp. (Podocarpaceae) nas coletas de Frieseomelitta varia Lepeletier 1836 (Apidae: Meliponinae) em uma área de Manaus, AM, Brasil

Abstract: Acta bot. bras. 24(2): 558-566. 2010. IntroduçãoNa procura pelo alimento os meliponíneos não dispensam qualquer fonte alimentar que possa lhes trazer vantagens e por isso diversifi cam a sua dieta coletando o pólen e/ou néctar de plantas não correlacionadas entre si (KleinertGiovannini & Imperatriz-Fonseca 1987;Marques-Souza et al. 2002;Ramalho 1990). As estratégias de coletas dos meliponíneos, e de serem generalistas na procura pelo alimento em fontes diversas, são características básicas de abelhas eussociai… Show more

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“…This finding corroborates previous palynological studies performed in areas of the C e n t r a l Am a z o n i nv o l v i n g s p e c i e s o f Frieseomelitta , Melipona , Scaptotrigona , and Trigona (Marques- Souza et al 1996Souza et al , 2002Marques-Souza 2010). In areas of caatinga in the northeast region of Brazil, a similar pattern was also observed in palynological works with species of Melipona , Scaptotrigona , and Tetragonisca (Alves et al 2006;Novais et al 2006;Santana et al 2011).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…This finding corroborates previous palynological studies performed in areas of the C e n t r a l Am a z o n i nv o l v i n g s p e c i e s o f Frieseomelitta , Melipona , Scaptotrigona , and Trigona (Marques- Souza et al 1996Souza et al , 2002Marques-Souza 2010). In areas of caatinga in the northeast region of Brazil, a similar pattern was also observed in palynological works with species of Melipona , Scaptotrigona , and Tetragonisca (Alves et al 2006;Novais et al 2006;Santana et al 2011).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…depilis used 36.60% of the available resources. Other stingless bees species also obtain most of their food from a small number of sources [16,18,50]. Antonini et al [59] found that Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier, 1836, visited only 19.30% of the flowering plants in its habitat.…”
Section: 77mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, they can intensify collection at certain sources, indicating some degree of selectivity [15][16][17][18][19], as also observed in specialized solitary bees [20,21]. Their focus on a few selected sources can be explained by optimal foraging theory [22], which proposes that bees concentrate their visits on the most profitable sources, that is, those that offer more energy than what spent to acquire the resource.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier, 1836) is a Neotropical medium-sized species of stingless bee with occurrence in several regions of Brazil (Camargo & Pedro, 2007). Colonies of this species are found not only in areas of natural vegetation (Teixeira et al, 2007), but also in urban areas (Marques-Souza, 2010).…”
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