Extreme Effects of Season on the Foraging Activities and Colony Productivity of a Stingless Bee (Melipona asilvaiMoure, 1971) in Northeast Brazil | Zendy

Daniela Lima do Nascimento | Zendy; Fábio Santos do Nascimento | Zendy

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Extreme Effects of Season on the Foraging Activities and Colony Productivity of a Stingless Bee (Melipona asilvaiMoure, 1971) in Northeast Brazil

Author(s) -

Daniela Lima do Nascimento,

Fábio Santos do Nascimento

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/2012/267361

Subject(s) - foraging , stingless bee , wet season , dry season , biology , diapause , productivity , ecology , relative humidity , humidity , geography , apidae , hymenoptera , meteorology , macroeconomics , larva , economics

This study reports the influence of season on foraging activities and internal colonial parameters of Melipona asilvai in an Atlantic forest area of northeast Brazil. We used video cameras connected to a PC to monitor all departures and returns of foragers and the types of materials they carried. Foraging activities decreased almost 90% from dry to rainy seasons, but temperature and humidity were not the main factors influencing departures. Observed honey storage and an extreme cutback in activities during the rainy period suggest a seasonal diapause in this species

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