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| CARVALHO,C. A. L. de; MORETI,A. C. de C. C.; MARCHINI,L. C.; ALVES,R. M. de O.; OLIVEIRA,P. C. F. de. |
| In spite of the importance of the "uruçu" bee as honey producer of excellent quality, as well, potential pollinator both in agricultural and natural ecosystems, mainly in North-eastern Brazil, just some information is found in literature about sources that such bees utilize to collect nectar and pollen. The identification of the plants visited by Melipona scutellaris was accomplished with base on the analysis of pollen types found in the honey samples collected every two months, from March 1997 to February 1998, in 15 colonies located in Catu, State of Bahia, Brazil (12°21'00"S, 38°22'40"W, 76 m of altitude). Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pollen types were carried out determining the percentage and occurrence classes. Twenty-eight pollen... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pollen; Honey; Bee plants; Meliponinae. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71082001000100009 |
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