Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee
Pollen samples were collected in three different periods from 11 Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo hives and analyzed with melissopalynological methodology. A total of 33 pollen types were identified, of which 23 genera and 15 families were identified. The following families showed the highest p...
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| author | Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz Tânia Maria Fernandes-Salomão Lorena Gusmão Alvarenga Lage Helder Canto Resende Mara Garcia Tavares Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos |
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| description | Pollen samples were collected in three different periods from 11 Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo hives and analyzed with melissopalynological methodology. A total of 33 pollen types were identified, of which 23 genera and 15 families were identified. The following families showed the highest pollen richness: Fabaceae (7), Myrtaceae (3), Solanaceae (3), Arecaceae (2), Asteraceae (2), Euphorbiaceae (2), Melastomataceae/Combretaceae (2), Rubiaceae (2), and Sapindaceae (2). The most frequent pollen types (>45%) were Eucalyptus, which generated great similarities between the samples, except one in which the Tibouchina was predominant. Although the majority of the pollen types showed low percentage values, the results demonstrated that M. capixaba has taken advantage of the polliniferous sources available in the Atlantic Rainforest as well as in the “Capoeira” (brushwood, secondary forest) and “ruderal” (field) plants, probably implying its importance as a pollinator of the native flora and of the exotic species. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d79a9b276ced4956b8fb8c551d5552952025-02-03T05:45:23ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74382011-01-01201110.1155/2011/107303107303Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless BeeCynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz0Tânia Maria Fernandes-Salomão1Lorena Gusmão Alvarenga Lage2Helder Canto Resende3Mara Garcia Tavares4Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos5Núcleo de Pesquisa em Palinologia, Instituto de Botânica, Avenida Miguel Estéfano 3687, 04301-012 São Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilDepartamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilPollen samples were collected in three different periods from 11 Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo hives and analyzed with melissopalynological methodology. A total of 33 pollen types were identified, of which 23 genera and 15 families were identified. The following families showed the highest pollen richness: Fabaceae (7), Myrtaceae (3), Solanaceae (3), Arecaceae (2), Asteraceae (2), Euphorbiaceae (2), Melastomataceae/Combretaceae (2), Rubiaceae (2), and Sapindaceae (2). The most frequent pollen types (>45%) were Eucalyptus, which generated great similarities between the samples, except one in which the Tibouchina was predominant. Although the majority of the pollen types showed low percentage values, the results demonstrated that M. capixaba has taken advantage of the polliniferous sources available in the Atlantic Rainforest as well as in the “Capoeira” (brushwood, secondary forest) and “ruderal” (field) plants, probably implying its importance as a pollinator of the native flora and of the exotic species.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107303 |
| spellingShingle | Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz Tânia Maria Fernandes-Salomão Lorena Gusmão Alvarenga Lage Helder Canto Resende Mara Garcia Tavares Lucio Antonio de Oliveira Campos Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee |
| title_full | Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee |
| title_fullStr | Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee |
| title_short | Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee |
| title_sort | pollen sources for melipona capixaba moure camargo an endangered brazilian stingless bee |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107303 |
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