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Foraging of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area : Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants
Joint Authors
Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia
Silva, Cláudia Inês da
Aleixo, Kátia Paula
Garófalo, Carlos Alberto
Faria, Letícia Biral de
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The floral sources used by bees can be identified by analyzing pollen grains obtained from their bodies, feces, brood cells, or storage pots in the nests.
In addition to data on resource availability, this information enables the investigation on the selection of food resource by bees.
We assessed the foraging patterns of Scaptotrigona aff.
depilis in an urbanized area with seasonal availability of food resources.
The species visited a percentage of 36.60% of the available flora, suggesting that these bees are selective at spatiotemporal scale.
When many types of resources were available, the workers concentrated their collection activities on a limited group of sources.
In contrast, more plant species were exploited during periods of lower number of flowering plants.
A monthly analysis of the foraging patterns of the studied colonies revealed that Syzygium cumini (88.86%), Mimosa sp.1 (80.23%), Schinus terebinthifolius (63.36%), and Eucalyptus citriodora (61.75%) were the most frequently used species and are therefore important for maintaining S.
aff.
depilis at the study area.
These plants are close to the colonies and exhibit mass flowering.
This study is one of few works to quantify natural resource availability and to analyze the effects of flowering seasonality on the selection of food sources by bees.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Faria, Letícia Biral de& Aleixo, Kátia Paula& Garófalo, Carlos Alberto& Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia& Silva, Cláudia Inês da. 2012. Foraging of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area : Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants. Psyche،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Faria, Letícia Biral de…[et al.]. Foraging of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area : Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants. Psyche No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Faria, Letícia Biral de& Aleixo, Kátia Paula& Garófalo, Carlos Alberto& Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia& Silva, Cláudia Inês da. Foraging of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area : Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants. Psyche. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-12.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-486578