Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.

The productive and reproductive characteristics of Apis mellifera L. bees are directly affected by climatic conditions and food availability in the region where the bees are reared or kept; therefore, food storage (honey and pollen), oviposition and population growth of these bees are subject to sea...

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Autores principales:	Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo, Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti, Talita Antonia da Silveira, Luís Carlos Marchini, Ivani Pozar Otsuk
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	Melissopalynology Nectar Foraging Apiculture Food source Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6b6d28c8415f481b9790109c8c3560142021-12-02T11:00:42ZPollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v60i4.436-440https://doaj.org/article/6b6d28c8415f481b9790109c8c3560142014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/150https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525The productive and reproductive characteristics of Apis mellifera L. bees are directly affected by climatic conditions and food availability in the region where the bees are reared or kept; therefore, food storage (honey and pollen), oviposition and population growth of these bees are subject to seasonal variations. These variations lead the bees to constantly search for food, taking exploratory trips, called “foraging”. This study investigated the botanical origin of nectar sources collected by A. mellifera bees for six consecutive months, from October/2011 to March/2012 in six bee colonies. The study was carried out in the experimental apiary of the Entomology and Acarology Department of the College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, from the University of São Paulo, in the municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State. The study site has a predominance vegetation of Semideciduous Forest (Atlântica Forest). In each sampling month, we analyzed the pollen types in the honey samples. We used the acetolysis method to prepare the samples for melissopalynology. We carried out the quantitative analysis by successive count of 900 sample grains. The samples were grouped in terms of botanical species, families and/or pollen types. The results show that bees used several plants from the region as a nectar source. However, Arecaceae, Fabaceae/Mimosoideae and Myrtaceae families were predominant throughout the sampling period. The occurrence of these plant species was significant and essential for the maintenance of the bee colonies.Diogo Feliciano Dias AraujoAugusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo MoretiTalita Antonia da SilveiraLuís Carlos MarchiniIvani Pozar OtsukUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaarticleMelissopalynologyNectarForagingApicultureFood sourceZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 60, Iss 4, Pp 436-440 (2014)
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topic	Melissopalynology Nectar Foraging Apiculture Food source Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
spellingShingle	Melissopalynology Nectar Foraging Apiculture Food source Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti Talita Antonia da Silveira Luís Carlos Marchini Ivani Pozar Otsuk Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
description	The productive and reproductive characteristics of Apis mellifera L. bees are directly affected by climatic conditions and food availability in the region where the bees are reared or kept; therefore, food storage (honey and pollen), oviposition and population growth of these bees are subject to seasonal variations. These variations lead the bees to constantly search for food, taking exploratory trips, called “foraging”. This study investigated the botanical origin of nectar sources collected by A. mellifera bees for six consecutive months, from October/2011 to March/2012 in six bee colonies. The study was carried out in the experimental apiary of the Entomology and Acarology Department of the College of Agriculture “Luiz de Queiroz”, from the University of São Paulo, in the municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State. The study site has a predominance vegetation of Semideciduous Forest (Atlântica Forest). In each sampling month, we analyzed the pollen types in the honey samples. We used the acetolysis method to prepare the samples for melissopalynology. We carried out the quantitative analysis by successive count of 900 sample grains. The samples were grouped in terms of botanical species, families and/or pollen types. The results show that bees used several plants from the region as a nectar source. However, Arecaceae, Fabaceae/Mimosoideae and Myrtaceae families were predominant throughout the sampling period. The occurrence of these plant species was significant and essential for the maintenance of the bee colonies.
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author	Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti Talita Antonia da Silveira Luís Carlos Marchini Ivani Pozar Otsuk
author_facet	Diogo Feliciano Dias Araujo Augusta Carolina Carmelo Carmargo Moreti Talita Antonia da Silveira Luís Carlos Marchini Ivani Pozar Otsuk
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title	Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
title_short	Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
title_full	Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
title_fullStr	Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
title_full_unstemmed	Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.
title_sort	pollen content in honey of apis mellifera linnaeus (hymenoptera, apidae) in an atlântica forest fragment in the municipality of piracicaba, são paulo state, brazil.
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/6b6d28c8415f481b9790109c8c356014
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Pollen Content in Honey of Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in an Atlântica Forest Fragment in the Municipality of Piracicaba, São Paulo State, Brazil.

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