Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences (Sep 2022)

Stingless bee Trigona spinipes (Hymenoptera: Apidae) behavior on chayote flowers (Sechium edule)

  • Darclet Teresinha Malerbo-Souza,
  • Carlos Frederico Silva da Costa,
  • André Carlos Silva Pimentel,
  • Milena Oliveira de Andrade,
  • Rodrigo Alves de Siqueira,
  • Robin César Barros da Silva,
  • Camila Malerbo de Souza,
  • Felipe Gusmão de Souza

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4025/actascianimsci.v44i1.56760
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 1

Abstract

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This experiment aimed to evaluate the forage species and their effect on fruit production of the chayote crop. For this, the culture was under observation in the first ten minutes at each time, from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, with three repetitions, in each year studied (1994, 2001, 2009 and 2016). With the exception of 2009, Trigona spinipes stingless bees were frequent and constant insects in these flowers between 8:00 am and 1:00 pm, visiting mainly male flowers for nectar collection and due to foraging behavior this stingless bee may be considered a pollinator of the chayote.

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