Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/13591
Title: Pollen analysis of the post-emergence residue of Melipona (Melikerria) interrupta Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) bred in the central Amazon region
Authors: Ferreira, Marcos Gonçalves
Absy, Maria Lúcia
Keywords: Stingless Bee
Palynology
Pollen
Floral Resources
Issue Date: 2013
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Acta Botanica Brasilica
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 27, Número 4, Pags. 709-713
Abstract: We applied an "adapted" protocol for collecting and processing pollen grains in the pollen analysis of the post-emergence residue of Melipona (Melikerria) interrupta Latreille. The study was conducted at the Sant\'Ana honey farm, located on the banks of the Solimões River, in the municipality of Manacapuru, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, where a colony was monitored in October and November 2010. From that colony, 10 samples of post-emergence residue were collected. Unlike in the acetolysis method, there was no need to expose pollen grains to an acidic medium, because pollen loses its content during the larval digestive process. We identified 32 pollen types, from 19 botanical families, plus three undetermined pollen types. The most representative family was Fabaceae (Mimosoideae), with eight pollen types, Mimosa guilandinae being the most common species. Only the pollen of Miconia (Melastomataceae), with 74.10%, was classified as a common pollen. We also found that the pollen of Mimosa pudica (FabaceaeMimosoideae) retained its content, indicating that not all resources furnished by workers are utilized by the larvae. The protocol applied here, despite omitting the acetolysis process, was efficient, providing full details of pollen contained in post-emergence residue.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.1590/S0102-33062013000400009
Appears in Collections:Artigos

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
artigo-inpa.pdf422,99 kBAdobe PDFThumbnail
View/Open


This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License Creative Commons