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Provedor de dados: 	Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Pollen spectrum of the honey of uruçu bee (Melipona scutellaris Latreille, 1811) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the North Coast of Bahia State	
Autores: 	Souza, Larissa Silva; Lucas, Cátia Ionara Santos; Conceição, Pâmela de Jesus; Paixão, Joana Fidelis da; Alves, Rogério Marcos de Oliveira.	
Data: 	2015-10-01	
Ano: 	2015	
Palavras-chave: 	2.03.02.04-5 stingless bees; Meliponinae; Pollen collection; Atlantic Forest; Trophic niche. Botânica.	
Resumo: 	Regional-level studies of floral resources used by social bees for honey production can contribute to the improvement of management strategies for bee pastures and colonies, by identifying the most visited flowers and thus characterizing the various geographical origins of honey. The objective of this study was to investigate, through pollen analysis, the types of pollen and nectar sources used by the uruçu bee (Melipona scutellaris L.) in the North Coast of Bahia. Honey samples were taken monthly from five colonies in an apiary from August 2010 to July 2011. Pollen analysis of honey was performed by using the acetolysis method, followed by qualitative and quantitative analysis of pollen grains. Fifty pollen types belonging to 40 genera and 17 families were identified. The results indicate predominance of pollen types belonging to the families Fabaceae and Myrtaceae, which suggests that the bees preferred foraging from trees and shrubs. These plants should be included in regional reforestation projects in order to improve management of this bee species and honey production. 	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/28059

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v37i4.28059	
Editor: 	Universidade Estadual De Maringá	
Relação: 	http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/28059/pdf_89

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/downloadSuppFile/28059/10230	
Formato: 	application/pdf	
Fonte: 	Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 37, n. 4 (2015); 483-489

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 37, n. 4 (2015); 483-489

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