Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Attracted to Animal Carcasses in the Brazilian Dry Forest and Implications for Forensic Entomology

Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) Attracted to Animal Carcasses in the Brazilian Dry Forest and Implications for Forensic Entomology

The association of stingless bees with pig carcasses exposed in a Brazilian Dry Forest area were examined. Modified Shannon traps were settled together to collect these insects during two seasons (dry and rainy). 564 bees were collected, belonging to three tribes and nine species. The majority of be...

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Main Authors: Wellington Emanuel dos Santos, Liedson Tavares Carneiro, Ana Claudia Firmino Alves, Antonio José Creão-Duarte, Celso Feitosa Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014-12-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
Caatinga
Partamona seridoensis
Trigonisca
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/625

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