Autoria: SANTOS, I. A. dos; SILVA, C. I.; SCHLINDWEIN, C.; KRUG, C.; CORDEIRO, G. D.; OLIVEIRA, R.; MATEUS, S.; DÖTTERL, S.

Most bees are active during the day. However, approximately 1% of the bee species are nocturnal and forage in search for flowers during the low light intensities of the night, between sunset and sunri... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2022

Autoria: KLEINERT, A. M. P.; RAMALHO, M.; CORTOPASSI-LAURINO, M.; RIBEIRO, M. de F.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.

In this chapter, we will address the role of food in the organization of social bees colonies from foraging activity to its use on offspring feeding, emphasizing the characteristics of the two main re... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2012

Autoria: 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... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2024

Autoria: GAZZONI, D. L.

Soybean cycle. Types of reproductive structure of plants. Soybean growth types. Bees and plants relations. Soybean yield, bees and entomophilus pollination. Pollinators foraging on soybeans. Soybean a... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2016

Autoria: ROCHA-FILHO, L. C.; KRUG, C.; SILVA, C. I.; GARÓFALO, C. A.

In spite of playing an important ecological role as pollinators of tropical ecosystems, orchid bees are still poorly known regarding their floral resources. Aiming at a better comprehension of the imp... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2012

Autoria: KRUG, C.; SILVA, C. I.; ALVES-DOS-SANTOS, I.

The interaction of bees with the tristylous flowers of Oxalis cytisoides Mart. & Zucc. (Oxalidaceae) was evaluated. The study was conducted in a semideciduous forest at the Fritz Plaumann State Park i... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2012

Autoria: PAZ, C. A. da; EIRÓ-QUIRINO, L.; ARAÚJO, D. B. de; BARBOSA, G. B.; CÂMARA, T. M.; CAMPOS, A. L. C. de; SOUZA, L. V. de; SANTOS, R. N. O.; HARTCOPFF, P. F. P.; HAMOY, M. K. O.; SANTOS, M. F. dos; FERREIRA, R. da C.; DEIGA, Y. da S.; RUSSO, A. P. L.; PEREIRA, D. S.; CONTRERA, F. A. L.; MUTO, N. A.; HAMOY, M.

A mortality of bees (Apis mellifera) caused by fipronil intoxication, due to its indiscriminate use in crops, has long been attracting the scientific community’s attention, either due to its acute or... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2024

Autoria: MAUÉS, M. M.; CAMPBELL, A. J.; SILVA E SILVA, F. D. da; LEÃO, K. L.; CARVALHEIRO, L. G.; MOREIRA, E. F.; MERTENS, F.; KONRAD, M. L.; MENEZES, C.

Agricultural expansion is a major driver of habitat loss, which triggers biodiversitydecline, including wild pollinators, and affects crop production. 76% of world crops are dependenton biotic pollina... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2023

Autoria: 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... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2020

Autoria: 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... ...

Repositório: BDPA     Ano de publicação: 2024