Stingless Bee Foraging Activity Related to Environmental Aspects.

IF 1.4 3区 农林科学 Q2 ENTOMOLOGY
Neotropical Entomology Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-01 DOI:10.1007/s13744-024-01206-w
Marcos Estevan Kraemer de Moura, Márcia Regina Faita, Juliano Garcia Bertoldo, Alex Sandro Poltronieri, Felipe Andrés León Contrera
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Abstract

The environment where bee colonies are inserted must provide the necessary resources for their survival. Given this, any biotic and abiotic changes in the environment can affect the development and survival of the colonies. We evaluated the foraging activity of Plebeia droryana (Friese), Scaptotrigona bipunctata (Lepetelier), and Melipona quadrifasciata (Lepetelier) in areas with different land uses and land cover. These areas were classified as predominantly (i) urbanized/forest (CDA-Cidade das Abelhas), (ii) agricultural (FER-Fazenda Experimental da Ressacada), and (iii) with dense vegetation (SFB-Sitio Florbela). We correlated the morphometric characteristics of the bees with the pollen load transported. Four colonies from each species were installed in the three areas. We recorded light, wind speed, humidity, and temperature and counted the foragers returning with nectar, pollen, and resin. Plebeia droryana and S. bipunctata collected more resin and nectar in with dense vegetation area compared to agricultural area. Scaptotrigona bipunctata collected more pollen in urbanized/forest area and with dense vegetation area, and M. quadrifasciata did not show differences in foraging activity between areas. Plebeia droryana and M. quadrifasciata showed moderate and strong correlations between morphometric characteristics and pollen load. SFB had higher luminosity and wind speed. CDA had higher average temperature. FER had higher humidity. The three species showed positive and negative correlations between temperature and light and foraging in the different areas. Smaller species showed a higher gathering of resources in the area predominantly covered by dense vegetation. The reduction of vegetation cover can affect the resource collection activity of stingless bees.

无刺蜂的觅食活动与环境因素有关。
蜂群所在的环境必须为蜂群的生存提供必要的资源。因此,环境中的任何生物和非生物变化都会影响蜂群的发展和生存。我们评估了Plebeia droryana (Friese)、Scaptotrigona bipunctata (Lepetelier)和Melipona quadrifasciata (Lepetelier)在不同土地用途和土地覆盖地区的觅食活动。这些地区主要分为(i)城市化/森林(CDA-Cidade das Abelhas)、(ii)农业(FER-Fazenda Experimental da Ressacada)和(iii)植被茂密(SFB-Sitio Florbela)。我们将蜜蜂的形态特征与运送的花粉量相关联。在这三个区域中,每个物种都有四个蜂群。我们记录了光照、风速、湿度和温度,并统计了携带花蜜、花粉和树脂返回的觅食蜂数量。与农业区相比,Plebeia droryana和S. bipunctata在植被茂密的地区采集了更多的树脂和花蜜。Scaptotrigona bipunctata在城市化/森林地区和植被茂密地区采集了更多花粉,M. quadrifasciata在不同地区的觅食活动没有表现出差异。Plebeia droryana和M. quadrifasciata的形态特征与花粉量呈中等和较强的相关性。SFB的光照度和风速较高。CDA的平均气温较高。FER的湿度较高。这三个物种在不同区域的温度、光照和觅食之间呈现出正相关和负相关。体型较小的物种在植被茂密的区域采集的资源较多。植被覆盖的减少会影响无刺蜂的资源采集活动。
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Neotropical Entomology
Neotropical Entomology 生物-昆虫学
CiteScore
3.30
自引率
5.60%
发文量
69
审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Neotropical Entomology is a bimonthly journal, edited by the Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (Entomological Society of Brazil) that publishes original articles produced by Brazilian and international experts in several subspecialties of entomology. These include bionomics, systematics, morphology, physiology, behavior, ecology, biological control, crop protection and acarology.
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