Polliniferous flora foraged by <i>Melipona</i> bees along the Rio Negro in the Brazilian Amazon

Pimentel, Alyne Daniele Alves; Absy, Maria Lúcia; Rech, André Rodrigo; Abreu, Vanessa Holanda Righetti de

doi:10.1080/00173134.2021.1882555

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“…Thus, knowledge of beekeeping flora can help establish the productive potential and define the management possibilities of meliponaries and bees, which must respond to the particularities of the ecosystems in which they are inserted (Lopes et al 2011). The diversity of plants visited by bees depends on the available floral resources (Marques-Souza et al 1995; Ferreira and Absy 2015; Pimentel et al 2021), which in turn are influenced by some factors, such as the time of year and the temporal extension of the observation as most tropical plants flower seasonally (Morellato et al 2013), the vegetation type (Pessoa et al 2021) and environmental characteristics, as the diversity of a vegetation type can change throughout the environmental gradient (Wittmann et al 2006). Factors linked to sampling methods also be considered, as the methods influence the results, both in the bee diversity (Prendergast et al 2020) and bee flora diversity (Cane and Sipes 2006; Ferreira et al 2021).…”

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A review of pollen types foraged by Melipona in the Brazilian Amazon

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Bees of the genus Melipona found in the Amazon are investigated given their ecological, sociocultural and economic importance. The objective of this work was to analyze the scientific literature to recognize patterns in the richness of pollen types foraged by Melipona, comparing four methodological approaches. In the literature review, two databases were consulted: Web of Science (WoS) and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). A record of 18 Melipona species investigated in 23 studies was found. These foraged 498 pollen types distributed in 88 botanical families. Many factors affect this richness. The main factor is the sampling time, which can influence other decisions. The highest richness estimates were found in the 12 month studies. The differences between the vegetation types reflect the patterns of diversity naturally found between them. Material from the meliponaries and bee corbels will result in a greater diversity of pollen types. Although there has been an increase in Melipona studies in the Amazon more effort is needed to fill the gaps in this vast territory.

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