Data/hora: 10/06/2024 12:02:51

Provedor de dados: 	Iheringia Série Zoologia	
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