Foraging of Scaptotrigona aff. depilis (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Urbanized Area: Seasonality in Resource Availability and Visited Plants

The floral sources used by bees can be identified by analyzing pollen grains obtained from their bodies, feces, brood cells, or storage pots in the nests. In addition to data on resource availability, this information enables the investigation on the selection of food resource by bees. We assessed t...

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Main Authors: Letícia Biral de Faria, Kátia Paula Aleixo, Carlos Alberto Garófalo, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca, Cláudia Inês da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/630628