Palynology Serving the Stingless Bees

Barth, Ortrud Monika

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“…In Brazil, Tetragonisca angustula is the best-known species of the genus, concerning all aspects of its biology, having had its trophic niche studied by many authors (Iwama and Melhem 1979; Imperatriz-Fonseca et al 1984, 1989; Carvalho and Marchini 1999; Novais et al 2006; Rech and Absy 2011a; Barth et al 2013; Novais and Absy 2013; Novais et al 2013, 2014, 2015; Bastos et al 2020). Meanwhile, T. fiebrigi had its pollen niche analyzed by Vossler et al (2014) and Flores et al (2021) in Argentina, who pointed to a wide variety of plants from varied botanical families used as pollen and nectar sources.…”

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“…Food sources of social bees can be investigated by direct observation of the worker bees on flowers, or by analyses of the food transported by the bees, either by using samples of honey and pollen directly extracted from pots in their hives (Kerr et al 1986; Barth 1989, 2004, 2013; Luz et al 2007; Rech and Absy 2011a, 2011b; Ferreira and Absy 2017a, 2017b; Rezende et al 2019), by obtaining corbicular pollen from worker bees (Ferreira and Absy 2015, 2017b), by extracting regurgitated nectar from bees returning to the hive (Absy et al 1980), or even by post-emergence residues (Ferreira and Absy 2013; Ferreira et al 2019). Hence, reconnaissance of plant species used for pollen and nectar by bees helps the characterization of food resources (Carvalho et al 2001; Luz et al 2010).…”

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Botanical origin and seasonal variation in pollen collected by Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Apidae: Meliponini) in an urban area of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil

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The botanical origin and seasonal variation of pollen collected by Tetragonisca weyrauchi were studied by means of palynology (pollen identification). The study was carried out between August 2016 and July 2017 with a hive introduced in a house garden in an urban area (09 56 0 38.7 00 S; 67 52 0 42.9 00 W) near the campus of the Federal University of Acre (UFAC). In total, we identified 87 pollen types from 31 botanical families, with the most representative ones being: Alismataceae, Amaranthaceae, Arecaceae, Boraginaceae, Cyperaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae and Urticaceae, all displaying percentages above 10%. The pollen types Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae), Cecropia (Urticaceae) and Cordia sellowiana (Boraginaceae) obtained relative abundances above 90% and are therefore considered events of temporary specialization. The lowest diversity and evenness values were found for July (H 0 ¼ 0.127; J 0 ¼ 0.071) and August (H 0 ¼ 0.070; J 0 ¼ 0.043), and the highest values for October (H 0 ¼ 2.025; J 0 ¼ 0.715) and April (H 0 ¼ 1.941; J 0 ¼ 0.611), thus not suggesting relationships with the rainy (November-April) or dry (May-October) periods. Furthermore, there was no preference by the bees for morphological characteristics of the pollen such as size, exine texture or aperture number. However, the most representative grains are among the small and medium size, reinforcing the hypothesis that this bee species prefers small flowers available in dense inflorescences.

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Botanical origin and seasonal variation in pollen collected by Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Apidae: Meliponini) in an urban area of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil

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“…Similarly, the pollen loads and honey of stingless bees are influenced by the floral resources, local vegetation types, and the quality of the bee products (Barth, 2012;Abduh et al, 2020). In addition to a diversity of floral resources, resin sources are needed.…”

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The Development of Indicators for Social Enterprise Business Model in Melitourism

Hidalgo¹,

Fresnido²,

Nicolas³

et al. 2022

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Melitourism is a special type of farm tourism that utilizes stingless bees as a tourism product. However, stingless beekeeping is not a primary livelihood for most curious beginners, such that the business aspects of the operation are often neglected. This paper aimed at developing a model for melitourism social enterprise. With the appropriate entrepreneurial framework, the residents, the local government, and the local businesses will be able to participate and benefit from the melitourism process. The study used an extensive review of more than a hundred literature. The development of the model was anchored on Isenberg's Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Sustainable Livelihood. The results comprehensively discussed ten components: human capital, financial capital, market access, bioecology, technology, ethics, tourism, culture and heritage, policy, and social capital. Transitioning from conventional beekeeping to melitourism needs careful planning on the part of the farmers. Simply having a passion for beekeeping is not enough. Bee farmers operate within an entrepreneurial ecosystem wherein they must collaborate with policymakers, residents, and organizations

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“…Teniendo en cuenta que los granos presentan patrones morfológicos particulares para cada linaje de plantas (MERCADO-GÓMEZ et al, 2011). En este sentido este tipo de estudios han generado evidencia de la flora polinizada por diferentes especies de la familia Apidae (BARTH, 2013;ESTAY et al, 2001). En este sentido, en el Neotropico sobre Apis mellifera L. se han registrado varios trabajos palinológicos que han determinado los recursos florales y análisis detallados de la concentración de polen, debido a su importancia en la producción de miel, propóleos y polen comercial (CASTELLANOS-POTENCIANO et al, 2012;RAMÍREZ-ARRIAGA et al, 2016).…”

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Recursos florales usados por dos especies de Bombus en un fragmento de bosque subandino (Pamplonita-Colombia)

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Solano-R

2017

Rev Colombiana Cienc Anim. RECIA

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ResumenSe presentan los resultados de un análisis palinológico en dos especies del género Bombus en cercanías de Pamplonita (Norte de Santander-Colombia) durante los meses de abril y mayo de 2010. A partir de muestras coprológicas se identificaron y contaron un total de 1585 granos, dentro de los cuales Solanaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae y Fabaceae fueron los taxa mas abundantes. En términos de diversidad, en abril se encontraron los valores más altos con respecto a los tipos de polen para ambas especies, aunque en B. pullatus, se observó mayor riqueza y dominancia para ambos meses. Finalmente, se puedo determinar un gran porcentaje de los granos de polen que se identificación en Solanaceae corresponden a Solanum quitoense. Los resultados presentados en este estudio dejan claro la importancia de la palinología al momento de establecer la dieta de estos organismos, además de reflejar el papel de estas especies como posible prestador de servicios ecosistemicos tanto en plantas silvestres como cultivadas en el caso de Solanum. AbstractIt is present the results of a palynological analysis of two species of the genus Bombus in vicinity of Pamplonita-Norte of Santander. On feces samples were identified and counted (april and may of 2010) 1585 grains of pollen, within which Solanaceae, Asteraceae, Malvaceae and Fabaceae were the more abundat taxa. With regard to the diversity, April was the most rich, diverse and dominant month; however in B. pullatus we observed greater wealth and dominance. Finally, it was possible to determine that a large percentage of pollen grains that were identified as Solanaceae correspond to Solanum quitoense. The results of this study make clear the importance of palynology at the time of establishing the diet of these species, in addition to reflect its role of those species as possible provider in ecosistemic services either in wild plant as a crops in Solanaceae case.

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Palynology Serving the Stingless Bees

Cited by 7 publications

References 29 publications

Botanical origin and seasonal variation in pollen collected by Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Apidae: Meliponini) in an urban area of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil

Botanical origin and seasonal variation in pollen collected by Tetragonisca weyrauchi (Apidae: Meliponini) in an urban area of Rio Branco, State of Acre, Brazil

The Development of Indicators for Social Enterprise Business Model in Melitourism

Recursos florales usados por dos especies de Bombus en un fragmento de bosque subandino (Pamplonita-Colombia)

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