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Title: Pollen niche of Melipona (Melikerria) interrupta (Apidae: Meliponini) bred in a meliponary in a terra-firme forest in the central Amazon
Authors: Ferreira, Marcos Gonçalves
Absy, Maria Lúcia
Keywords: Apiculture
Colony
Dicotyledon
Honeybee
Intraspecific Competition
Morphology
Pollen
Specialization
Species Richness
Amazonia
Apidae
Arecaceae
Melastomataceae
Melipona
Meliponinae
Miconia
Solanaceae
Solanum Aculeatissimum
Solanum Stramoniifolium
Issue Date: 2018
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Palynology
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 42, Número 2, Pags. 199-209
Abstract: Monthly corbicular samples derived from weekly collections of Melipona (Melikerria) interrupta (Apidae: Meliponini) were analyzed alongside a single honey sample between January to December 2012. The botanical families Arecaceae, Melastomataceae and Solanaceae were the most representative in the corbicular load samples, with five temporary specialization events (>90%) being detected for representatives of Melastomataceae and Solanaceae. Furthermore, Melastomataceae also exhibited a greater contribution of pollen types in the honey samples, particularly because of the occurrence of Miconia type (87.17%), followed by Solanaceae, represented by types Solanum stramonifolium (5.00%) and Solanum aculeatissimum (2.50%). The low richness of pollen types in the corbicular pollen samples (n = 16) in this study suggests that M. interrupta may act as a specialist due to the low availability of apiculture resources in terra-firme environments, where intraspecific competition might affect not only the maintenance of these colonies in this environment but also their honey production. © 2017 AASP–The Palynological Society.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1080/01916122.2017.1332694
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