Environmental windows for foraging activity in stingless bees, Melipona subnitida Ducke and Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Environmental windows for foraging activity in stingless bees, Melipona subnitida Ducke and Melipona quadrifasciata Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

The foraging success of a bee species is limited to an environmental window, a combination of optimal ambient temperatures and resource availability. Mismatches between flowering and optimal foraging temperature may lead to a reduction of a colony's food intake and, eventually, of brood produc...

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Main Authors: Camila Maia-Silva, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Cláudia Inês Silva, Michael Hrncir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-12-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Meliponini
pollen foraging
thermal window
resource overlap
colony survival
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/649

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