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Author(s): PERUQUETTI, R. C.; COSTA, L. da S. M. da; SILVA, V. S. da; DRUMOND, P. M. Frugivory is not frequent among bees. Although stingless bees visit aged fruits for pulp, the use of fresh fruits is recorded only for Trigona hypogea Silvestri, a species that does not visit flowers.... ... |
Author(s): SOUZA, I. G. B.; PATERSON, I.; McBRIDE, M. C.; SOUZA, B. A.; PEREIRA, F. M.; LOPES, M. T. R.; BENTZEN, P.; DINIZ, F. M. We described the isolation and characterization of 23 microsatellite loci from the stingless bee (Melipona subnitida). Out of 52 microsatellite primer pairs screened, 17 loci displayed polymorphism an... ... |
Author(s): SILVA, I. C. da; CONCEIÇÃO, E. O. A.; PEREIRA, D. S.; ROGEZ, H.; MUTO, N. A. Many antimicrobial compounds have been seeking to protect the human body against pathogenic microbial infections. In recent times, there has been considerable growth of pathogens resistant to existing... ... |
Author(s): SANT'ANA, R. da S.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de; ODA-SOUZA, M.; SOUZA, B. de A.; DIAS, F. de S. The physicochemical characteristics of honey vary according to bee species, climate, region, period of collection, processing and storage. In this context, this work aimed to perform a comparative stu... ... |
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Author(s): BARBOSA, F. M.; ALVES, R. M. de O.; SOUZA, B. de A.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de We located ten nests of Geotrigona subterranea in the transition area between Cerrado and Caatinga within the municipalities of Lontra and Januária, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. We coll... ... |
Author(s): VEIGA, J. C.; RUIZ, G. R. S.; CARVALHO-ZILSE, G. A.; MENEZES, C.; CONTRERA, F. A. L. Abstract: Males can control female reproduction using genital plugs to impede access by rivals. In social bees, ants, and wasps, plugging may involve traumatic mating, with females being harmed. In st... ... |
Author(s): NUNES, T. M.; ZUBEN, L. G. von; COSTA, L.; VENTURIERI, G. C. Despite the fact that Meliponini bee lost their sting apparatus (stingless bees), they did not lose their ability to defend themselves. A variety of defensive strategies is described for the group, su... ... |
Author(s): JAFFÉ, R.; POPE, N.; CARVALHO, A. T.; MAIA, U. M.; BLOCHTEIN, B.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de; CARVALHO-ZILSE, G. A.; FREITAS, B. M.; MENEZES, C.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; VENTURIERI, G. C.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L. Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination. However, across developing countries stingle... ... |
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