Utilization of floral resources by bees of the Genus Frieseomelitta von Ihering (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Teixeira, Alex Fabian Rabelo; Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de; Viana, Blandina Felipe

doi:10.1590/s1519-566x2007000500007

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“…The Leguminosae and Myrtaceae families, which were intensely visited by F. varia in the present study, have also been recorded in other surveys of plants used by stingless bees as demonstrated by Ramalho et al (1990). In a study by Teixeira et al (2007), bees of the Frieseomelitta genus focused their visits on the Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae), Malpighiaceae, and Anacardiaceae families. Myrtaceae was the second most important family found in samples of F. varia by Marques- Souza (2010) and occurred in 11 months of the study period.…”

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“…That author identified pollen of 79 plant species distributed among 60 genera and 37 botanical families, but only four of these species provided 71% of the total pollen collected. This pattern was also found in natural environments by Teixeira et al (2007) when they analyzed Brazilian studies on the use of floral resources by bees of the Frieseomelitta genus in areas with different types of vegetation. Those authors mention that workers visited a large spectrum of plant species but only focused on some of them.…”

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“…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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Pollen Collected and Foraging Activities of Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Urban Landscape

Aleixo¹,

Faria²,

Garófalo³

et al. 2013

Sociobiology

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According to Dearborn and Kark (2009) there are seven possible motivations for urban biodiversity conservation: preserving local biodiversity, creating stepping stones to nonurban habitat, understanding and facilitating responses to environment change, conducting environmental education, providing ecosystem services, fulfilling ethical responsibilities, and improving human well-being. Although expansion of urban areas are among the human activities that result in the loss of native fauna and flora (McKinney, 2008), there is evidence that cities can provide potential resources for the animal species living within them or in their surroundings, including arthropods such as bees (Nates

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Pollen Collected and Foraging Activities of Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Urban Landscape

Aleixo¹,

Faria²,

Garófalo³

et al. 2013

Sociobiology

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“…Thus, the repertoire of bee activity patterns not only involves the collection of resources but also includes time spent building brood cells, supplying cells with collected resources, egg-laying, and closing brood cells (Stone et al 1999). By performing these activities, bees change their behavior to optimize the time of resource collection during more appropriate environmental conditions (Stone et al 1999;Teixeira et al 2007). Bees tend to select specific periods to obtain a better performance in the distribution of these tasks during the day to maximize their efficiency (Ida and Kudo 2010;Schäffler and Dötterl 2011).…”

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Temporal niche overlap and distinct bee ability to collect floral resources on three species of Brazilian Malpighiaceae

Barônio

Torezan‐Silingardi

2016

Apidologie

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Spatial and temporal limited resource and niche overlap studies have been widely used to explain resource-sharing in community ecology. Furthermore, morphological and behavioral differences among species are relevant to predict how they may share niche availabilities. We evaluated temporal niche overlap and the ability of visitors to collect floral resources on three Malpighiaceae species in the Brazilian savannah. We hypothesized: (I) an overlap between the temporal niches due the similarities between their floral resources requirements and the temporal limitation of flowering; and (II) a differential ability of bee species in resource harvesting. The 31 floral visitor species exhibited a higher niche overlap than expected by chance, confirming our first hypothesis. Furthermore, according to our second hypothesis, we observed that floral visitors showed a different efficiency in resource collection, depending on bee size and behavior. We believe that this may be a proxy of pollination efficiency. Our discussion is based on the distinct specialization of oil-collecting abilities and the specific requirements of each bee tribe.

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“…Mesmo plantas com pólen não exposto protegidos em estames fechados, como os de espécies com anteras poricidas, são visitadas por Trigona que desenvolveram estratégias de coletas, que é de cortar as peças fl orais, e assim terem acesso ao alimento (Renner 1983 Teixeira et al 2007). Ele não difere dos demais meliponíneos quanto aos hábitos de coletas, visitando muitas espécies vegetais, mas forrageando em um número reduzido de plantas.…”

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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

Μarques-Souza

2010

Acta Bot. Bras.

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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 eussociais (Carvalho et al. 2001; Kerr et al. 1986/87;Michener 1979;Ramalho et al. 1994). Porém, os meliponíneos podem realizar especializações temporárias quando o recurso fl oral é muito atrativo e apresenta facilidades em sua coleta, fato observado em plantas com grandes fl oradas (Guibu et al. 1988;Imperatriz-Fonseca et al. 1989;Marques-Souza 1996;Ramalho et al. 1998;.De outro modo, abelhas sociais diversifi cam suas coletas por causa de fatores exógenos como a quantidade de competidores nas fl ores, a distância entre as plantas e os ninhos, comunicação entre as campeiras, predadores, fatores climatológicos, entre outros, somado a fatores endógenos como a morfologia das peças fl orais, quantidade de néctar e sua concentração de açúcar, características do pólen e preferências especifi cas de cada visitante, entre outros, que podem facilitar ou difi cultar as coletas de pólen e néctar obrigando essas abelhas a buscarem outras fontes até então não exploradas (Neff & Simpson 1993;Hilário et al. 2001).Na Amazônia, as abelhas nativas sem ferrão não fogem a regra e coletam o pólen e o néctar de plantas superiores, o endocarpo carnoso de Hymenaea sp. e, ocasionalmente, esporos de fungos (Absy & Kerr 1977). Algumas abelhas do gênero Partamona, além do pólen e néctar, ampliaram a sua dieta e coletam outras partes da planta como pedaços do pedúnculo do caju (Anacardium occidentale L.).Mesmo plantas com pólen não exposto protegidos em estames fechados, como os de espécies com anteras poricidas, são visitadas por Trigona que desenvolveram estratégias de coletas, que é de cortar as peças fl orais, e assim terem acesso ao alimento (Renner 1983 Brazil). Over a 12 month period, pollen was sampled from the corbiculae of workers of the stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia Lepeletier 1836. Collections were obtained immediately after sealing the hives, located in a forest fragment in the city of Manaus. Pollen was identifi ed and monthly frequency of each type was tallied. The most-visited plant families in decreasing order of frequency were Cecropiaceae, Sapotaceae, Myrtaceae and Moraceae. Identifi ed pollen was harvested from 79 plant species in 60 genera and 37 families. The most frequent species were: Cecropia sp., visited year-round but with highest attractiveness (82%) in January; Morus sp., with peak attractiveness (37%) in December; Myrcia amazonica DC. with 32% peak attractiveness in April; and Pouteria macrophylla (A.DC.) Eyma, with 37% peak attractiveness in June. Curiously, we found pollen of the gymnosperm Podocarpus, wh...

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Utilization of floral resources by bees of the Genus Frieseomelitta von Ihering (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

Pollen Collected and Foraging Activities of Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Urban Landscape

Pollen Collected and Foraging Activities of Frieseomelitta varia (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in an Urban Landscape

Temporal niche overlap and distinct bee ability to collect floral resources on three species of Brazilian Malpighiaceae

Ocorrência do pólen de Podocarpus sp. (Podocarpaceae) nas coletas de Frieseomelitta varia Lepeletier 1836 (Apidae: Meliponinae) em uma área de Manaus, AM, Brasil

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