Data/hora: 10/06/2024 05:40:05

Provedor de dados: | 76
País: | Brazil
Título: | Comparative study of wax glands in four Meliponini bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae) producing different quantities of wax
Autores: | Cavalcante,Vagner Melo; Oliveira,Vagner Tadeu Paes de; Cruz-Landim,Carminda da.
Data: | 2000-11-01
Ano: | 2000
Palavras-chave: | Stingless bees; Wax glands; Development; Wax production.
Resumo: | The developmental degree of the wax glands was compared in four Meliponini bees, that produce different quantities of wax. The histological data and height average of the wax epithelium during the time in which the maximum production of wax is expected, are in accordance with the rates of wax produced by the species. In Lestrimelitta limao (Smith, 1863) a species which has cleptobiotic habits, and frequently rob wax from the attacked colonies, the height of wax epithelium was the lowest among the studied species. The cells seem to show an abnormal vacuolated cytoplasm, in the phase in which they would be producing wax.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212000000200010
Editor: | Museu de Ciências Naturais
Relação: | 10.1590/S0073-47212000000200010
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Iheringia. Série Zoologia  n.89 2000
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess