Foraging pattern and harvesting of resources of subterranean stingless bee Geotrigona subterranea (Friese, 1901) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Foraging pattern and harvesting of resources of subterranean stingless bee Geotrigona subterranea (Friese, 1901) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

ABSTRACT Flight activity of bees is influenced both by environmental factors and by internal condition of the colonies. Information about external activity of bees is very important, because it provides data of the species biology, supplying subsidies for the use of these insects in the pollination...

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Main Authors: Fernando Mendes Barbosa, Lúcio Antônio de Oliveira Campos, Joana Fidelis da Paixão, Rogério Marcos de Oliveira Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Subjects:
Foraging behavior
Meliponini
Pollen
Resin
Detritus
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492016001200151&lng=en&tlng=en

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