Pollen Collected by Stingless Bees: A Contribution to Understanding Amazonian Biodiversity

Absy, Maria Lúcia; Rech, André Rodrigo; Ferreira, Marcos Gonçalves

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61839-5_3

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“…Based on a study with two species of Melipona reared in a meliponary, Ferreira and Absy (2015) suggest a high pollen niche overlap in most months, indicating a limitation to the maintaining colonies. Regardless of their generalist potential, Meliponinae tends to rely on a few continuous sources of pollen throughout the year (Absy, Rech, & Ferreira, 2018), favoring high niche superposition.…”

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Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest

Rodrigues

Ferasso

Mossi

et al. 2020

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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Meliponinae eusocial bees are among the most important pollinators in the Neotropics and their beekeeping has been growing as both recreational and economic activity. Information on the pollen preferences and niche overlap among species coexisting in the same location is still scarce. This study focused on the use of pollen resources by three native species of Meliponinae in the Atlantic Forest, Melipona quadrifasciata quadrifasciata (Lepeletier 1836), Scaptotrigona depilis (Moure 1942), and Tetragonisca angustula (Latreille 1811), at two different sites. The use of pollen resources was evaluated from reserves inside hives collected monthly between February 2015 and January 2016. It was also estimated the Mean Minimal Distance (Dm) traveled by the bees to obtain pollen. The bees differed regarding the diversity of pollen types, Dm, and proportion of pollen from different plant life-form. Local factor promoted differences only for Dm. M. q. quadrifasciata foraged a low diversity of pollen species and traveled greater distances with a higher proportion of trees plus palm species. Tetragonisca angustula foraged a higher diversity of pollen and flew shorter distances with a lower proportion of trees and palms. The species factor predominates over the local factor in the clustering pattern, based on pollen profile similarity.

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“…For instance, Rezende, Absy, Ferreira, Marinho, and Santos (2019) noticed a higher similarity between colonies of the same species regardless of the site locations. The biological constraint for the pollen resource choice is a piece of critical information for Meliponinae rearing in meliponaries (Absy et al, 2018).…”

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Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest

Rodrigues

Ferasso

Mossi

et al. 2020

Acta Sci. Biol. Sci.

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“…Among the 20 botanical families identified in the sample set, Fabaceae was the most visited by workers of M. grandis (FO = 34.15 %). This family is among the most important sources of nectar and pollen for stingless bees in the Amazon (Oliveira et al 2009, Absy et al 2018, Souza et al 2018. In surveys conducted by Marques- Souza et al (2007) with pollen basket samples of Scaptotrigona fulvicutis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) identified 97 pollen types belonging to 36 families, with Fabaceae being the most frequent with 45.1 %; Ferreira (2014) analyzed the trophic niche of the species M. seminigra (Hymenoptera, Apidae) and M. interrupta (Hymenoptera, Apidae) identifying 67 pollen types distributed in 27 botanical families and Fabaceae was the second most abundant with 33.2 % of the total taxa sampled; Correia (2016) analyzing the pollen niche of the species M. eburnea in the same area evaluated in this study, observed that Fabaceae represented 67.2 % of all pollen collected by this bee.…”

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“…As for M. grandis preference in collecting tree and shrub resources, it happens because bees tend to forage on plants that offer large amounts of flowers, allowing workers to visit as many anthers on the same trip (Vossler 2014, Rech & Absy 2011Absy et al, 2018. Also, a tree with massive flowering increase the attractiveness for bees (Brito et al 2015).…”

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TROPHIC RESOURCES COLLECTED BY Melipona grandis GUÉRIN, 1844 (APIDAE: MELIPONINA) IN RURAL AREA OF RIO BRANCO, ACRE – BRAZIL

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Melipona grandis has a wide geographic distribution in Latin America. Moreover, it is a species used in honey production by native meliponicultors of Acre. This study aimed to identify plants visited by M. grandis and indicate the degree of specialization of this bee in the collection of trophic resources, being conducted between November 2016 and October 2017. Altogether, 26 samplings were performed. The most common pollen types were: Solanum type (Solanaceae); Cassia mimosoides (Fabaceae/Caesalpinioideae); Mimosa caesalpiniifolia; Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae/Mimosoideae) and Miconia type (Melastomataceae). The months with greatest wealth of pollen types were: July, May and August. Arboreal and shrubby plants were the main resource suppliers for M. grandis, being 48.78 % (arboreal) and 34.15 % (shrubby). The degree of specialization of this bee is clearly associated with the abundance of resources throughout the year, Levins Index (B) for trophic niche amplitude 6.975, Standardized Index (B sta) 0.314, characterizing M. grandis as polyletic.

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“…Pollinators play a critical functional role in most terrestrial ecosystems because plant persistence and regeneration depend on their activity (Klein et al 2007, Absy et al 2018). Additionally, they provide a key ecosystem service not only through the pollination of many crops but also through the direct resources they offer local human communities such as honey (Pasupuleti et al 2017).…”

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Pollen Resources Used by Two Species of Stingless Bees (Meliponini) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Southern Ecuador

Gaona

Guerrero

Gusmán

et al. 2019

Journal of Insect Science

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Pollinators are crucial for ecosystem functionality; however, little is known about the plant species used by some of these, such as stingless bees. In this study, for the first time, pollen resources used by Melipona mimetica Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) and Scaptotrigona sp. Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) were identified through analysis of corbicular pollen found on worker bees in a dry forest in southern Ecuador. In total, 68 pollen types were identified belonging to 31 botanical families. The most represented plant families were Fabaceae (16%), Malvaceae (7%), and Boraginaceae (7%). Both stingless bee species exhibited a polylectic behavior, with an average of 16 pollen types collected by individual bees. Differences in abundances of pollen types collected by each species indicated distinct uses for these two bee species.

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Pollen Collected by Stingless Bees: A Contribution to Understanding Amazonian Biodiversity

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Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest

Pollen resources partitioning of stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from the southern Atlantic forest

TROPHIC RESOURCES COLLECTED BY Melipona grandis GUÉRIN, 1844 (APIDAE: MELIPONINA) IN RURAL AREA OF RIO BRANCO, ACRE – BRAZIL

Pollen Resources Used by Two Species of Stingless Bees (Meliponini) in a Tropical Dry Forest of Southern Ecuador

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