Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

Very little is known about stingless bee reproductive biology or male behaviour. In this note we provide the first observations on the male aggregations (congregation sites and roosting sites) of some stingless bee species. Our observations show that males of two stingless bee species can congregate...

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Autores principales:	Charles Fernando dos Santos, Cristiano Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
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Publicado:	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2014
Materias:	males mating swarm social bees reproductive strategies roosting sites Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c6ddf103d642447d900e2186e88a18ca2021-12-02T15:57:43ZCongregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)0361-652510.13102/sociobiology.v61i1.115-118https://doaj.org/article/c6ddf103d642447d900e2186e88a18ca2014-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://periodicos.uefs.br/ojs/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/18https://doaj.org/toc/0361-6525Very little is known about stingless bee reproductive biology or male behaviour. In this note we provide the first observations on the male aggregations (congregation sites and roosting sites) of some stingless bee species. Our observations show that males of two stingless bee species can congregate on the same site. We also report for the first time the substrates used by stingless bee males for resting at night, that at least one species forms large sleeping roosts composed of hundreds of individuals, and that sleeping roost locations are not reused on subsequent nights.Charles Fernando dos SantosCristiano MenezesAyrton Vollet-NetoVera Lucia Imperatriz-FonsecaUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaarticlemalesmating swarmsocial beesreproductive strategiesroosting sitesZoologyQL1-991EcologyQH540-549.5Natural history (General)QH1-278.5ENSociobiology, Vol 61, Iss 1, Pp 115-118 (2014)
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spellingShingle	males mating swarm social bees reproductive strategies roosting sites Zoology QL1-991 Ecology QH540-549.5 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 Charles Fernando dos Santos Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
description	Very little is known about stingless bee reproductive biology or male behaviour. In this note we provide the first observations on the male aggregations (congregation sites and roosting sites) of some stingless bee species. Our observations show that males of two stingless bee species can congregate on the same site. We also report for the first time the substrates used by stingless bee males for resting at night, that at least one species forms large sleeping roosts composed of hundreds of individuals, and that sleeping roost locations are not reused on subsequent nights.
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author	Charles Fernando dos Santos Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
author_facet	Charles Fernando dos Santos Cristiano Menezes Ayrton Vollet-Neto Vera Lucia Imperatriz-Fonseca
author_sort	Charles Fernando dos Santos
title	Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
title_short	Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
title_full	Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
title_fullStr	Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
title_full_unstemmed	Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
title_sort	congregation sites and sleeping roost of male stingless bees (hymenoptera: apidae: meliponini)
publisher	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
publishDate	2014
url	https://doaj.org/article/c6ddf103d642447d900e2186e88a18ca
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Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

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