Cuban stingless bee livestock exhibit specialized floral resource use: a palynological study on honey samples from Matanzas and Mayabeque provinces

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Sociobiology Pub Date : 2022-09-07 DOI:10.13102/sociobiology.v69i3.7729

Leydi Fonte Carballo, David Rodríguez de la Cruz, J. Sánchez Sánchez, Estefanía Sánchez Reyes, Walberto Lóriga Peña, Jorge Demedio Lorenzo, Maykelis Díaz Solares, Dariel Morales Querol

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Abstract

The knowledge of the different plant species that make up the feeding diet of animals is highly important to develop more efficient strategies. This research aimed to characterize the food potential available for the Cuban stingless bee livestock of the Matanzas and Mayabeque provinces. Palynological analysis was done using 60 g of pollen from sealed pots and 80 mL of honey from the ten randomly selected beehives (five in each province). The results showed that in the honey collected in Matanzas province, the most represented family was Amaranthaceae, followed by Myrtaceae and Fabaceae. Meanwhile, for Mayabeque, the most represented ones were the families Fabaceae and Myrtaceae. Regarding the stingless bee pollen of Matanzas provenance, the family Fabaceae prevailed, followed by Burseraceae and Myrtaceae. The pollen corresponding to Mayabeque coincided in showing Fabaceae as the most representative. In addition, pollen grains of small size (from 10 to 25 µm) were collected, with a marked representation of the pollen type of Mimosa pudica in the Mayabeque honey. It was concluded that the Cuban stingless bee livestock of the Matanzas and Mayabeque provinces had a specialist feeding behavior because a low number of plant taxa made up its diet.

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古巴无刺蜂家畜展示了专门的花卉资源利用:对马坦萨斯省和马亚比克省蜂蜜样本的孢粉学研究

了解构成动物饲料的不同植物物种对于制定更有效的策略非常重要。这项研究旨在描述马坦萨斯省和马亚贝克省的古巴无刺蜜蜂牲畜的食物潜力。使用来自密封罐的60克花粉和来自随机选择的10个蜂箱（每个省5个）的80毫升蜂蜜进行花粉分析。结果表明，在马坦萨斯省采集的蜂蜜中，以苋科最具代表性，其次是杨梅科和蚕豆科。同时，对于Mayabeque来说，最具代表性的是Fabaceae和Myrtaceae科。在马坦萨斯种源的无刺蜂花粉中，以蚕豆科为主，其次是Burseraceae和Myrtaceae。与Mayabeque对应的花粉一致，表明Fabaceae是最具代表性的。此外，还收集了小尺寸（10至25µm）的花粉粒，在Mayabeque蜂蜜中显著代表了含羞草的花粉类型。得出的结论是，马坦萨斯省和马亚贝克省的古巴无刺蜂牲畜具有特殊的觅食行为，因为其饮食中的植物类群数量较少。

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Sociobiology 生物-昆虫学

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1.60

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11.10%

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审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes high quality articles that significantly contribute to the knowledge of Entomology, with emphasis on social insects. Articles previously submitted to other journals are not accepted. SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes original research papers and invited review articles on all aspects related to the biology, evolution and systematics of social and pre-social insects (Ants, Termites, Bees and Wasps). The journal is currently expanding its scope to incorporate the publication of articles dealing with other arthropods that exhibit sociality. Articles may cover a range of subjects such as ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, physiology, toxicology, reproduction, sociobiology, caste differentiation as well as economic impact and pest management.