Author(s): MENEZES, C.

As meliponiculture continues to advance, the emergence of diseases, parasites, and pests poses a growing concern. Among these threats, phorids, tiny flies that lay their eggs in pollen pots, pose a pa... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2024

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.... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2010

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... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2023

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... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): MENEZES, C.

The unfavorable interactions between mites and bees have cast a shadow on this topic, and not without reason. The primary challenge confronting global apiculture stems from Varroa destructor, a mite t... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2024

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... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2013

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... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2021

Author(s): PIOVESAN, B.; PADILHA, A. C.; MORAIS, M. C.; BOTTON, M.; GRÜTZMACHER, A. D.; ZOTTI, M. J.

The use of pesticides is considered one of the most important threats to pollinators, especially since they are widely used in agriculture for pest control. In the last years, several studies have rep... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): SANTISTEBAN, R. M.; F. NETO, J.; SILVA, E. M. S.; CORREIA, R. C.; CAMARA, C. A.; SILVA, T. M. S.

The stingless bee Melipona mandacaia popularly known as mandacaia is endemic to the Caatinga biome, being found in the region of Vale do São Francisco. It is a very important bee for meliponiculture i... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2022

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... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014