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Melissopalynology Reveals the Foraging Preferences of the Stingless Bee Melipona seminigrapernigra Moure & Kerr 1950 (Apidae: Meliponini) in Cangas of Serra dos Carajás, Southeastern Amazonia
GUIMARAES, José Tasso Felix et al. Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia. Biota Neotrop. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1 [cited 2021-03-21], e20201004. Available from: . Epub Mar 03, 2021. ISSN 1676-0611. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-1004.
GUIMARAES, José Tasso Felix et al. Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia. Biota Neotrop. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1 [cited 2021-03-21], e20201004. Available from: . Epub Mar 03, 2021. ISSN 1676-0611. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-1004.
GUIMARAES, José Tasso Felix et al. Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia. Biota Neotrop. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1 [cited 2021-03-21], e20201004. Available from: . Epub Mar 03, 2021. ISSN 1676-0611. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-1004.
GUIMARAES, José Tasso Felix et al. Foraging preferences of the native stingless bee Melipona seminigra pernigra (Apidae: Meliponini) in campo rupestre on canga of Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia. Biota Neotrop. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1 [cited 2021-03-21], e20201004. Available from: . Epub Mar 03, 2021. ISSN 1676-0611. https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2020-1004.
Abstract
The pollen content of honey samples collected in the years 2017 and 2019 from experimental apiaries of Melipona seminigra pernigra Moure & Kerr 1950 installed in campo rupestre on canga (CRC) vegetation of the Serra dos Carajás, southeastern Amazonia, was analyzed to understand the local variability of floral resources occurring on natural and disturbed areas. Around one hundred pollen types were identified mainly belonging to Fabaceae, Myrtaceae and Euphorbiaceae (31, 6 and 5 types, respectively). The N5 mine presented the highest pollen richness with 95 pollen types identified, almost twice of those identified in the other areas, including the better preserved ones. Eighty percent of the pollen types are rare with concentrations ≤ 2,000 pollen grains/10 g; the remaining types are the most abundant and frequent, and are considered the primary bee sources (PBS). PBS correspond mostly to native plants such as Tapirira guianensis Aubl., Protium spp., Aparisthmium cordatum (A.Juss.) Baill., Mimosa acutistipula var. ferrea Barneby,Periandra mediterrânea (Vell.) Taub.,Miconia spp., Pleroma carajasense K.Rocha, Myrcia splendens (Sw.) DC.,Serjania spp. and Solanum crinitum Lam. All pollen types were identified during both seasons, but higher pollen concentration are related to the dry period (June-September). The statistical analysis indicated that there was no significant difference in honey pollen data between the natural and disturbed areas since the plant species considered as PBS in this work are intensively used in revegetation of degraded area (RDA) processes by mining activities.
Keywords
stingless bees; honey; pollen; Serra dos Carajás; Amazônia; Melipona; Iron mining
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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