POLLEN SOURCES USED BY Apis mellifera LATREILLE IN THE SEMIARID REGION

Authors

  • Shirley Nascimento Costa Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Centro, CEP 44380-000
  • Rogério Marcos de Oliveira Alves Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Baiano
  • Carlos Alfredo Lopes de Carvalho Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Centro, CEP 44380-000
  • Pâmela de Jesus Conceição Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Ambientais e Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Campus Universitário de Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Centro, CEP 44380-000

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab.v16i4.25538

Keywords:

Bees, pollination

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the pollen sources used by Apis mellifera L. in the municipality ofItaberaba, State of Bahia. Pollen samples were obtained through collectors installed at the entrance often A. mellifera bee colonies, implanted in an apiary at a savanna area, in the months of December of2006, January, March and December of 2007, period in which high blooming was observed in the area.The quantitative and qualitative analyses were accomplished at the laboratory of Entomology of theCenter of Agrarian, Environmental and Biological Sciences of Universidade Federal do Recôncavoda Bahia, County of Cruz das Almas, State of Bahia, Brazil. Through the analysis of the obtainedresults, we verified the presence of 78 pollen types, belonging to 24 families. The family Mimosaceaepresented the greatest number of pollen types. The results demonstrated the species A. mellifera L. presents generalist habit, and the families Fabaceae-Mimosoidea, Asteraceae, Commelinaceae andPoaceae are the main pollen sources for A. mellifera in region.

Keywords: honeybee; pollen types; sources pollen.

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Published

2015-10-30

How to Cite

COSTA, S. N.; ALVES, R. M. de O.; CARVALHO, C. A. L. de; CONCEIÇÃO, P. de J. POLLEN SOURCES USED BY Apis mellifera LATREILLE IN THE SEMIARID REGION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 16, n. 4, p. 491–497, 2015. DOI: 10.1590/cab.v16i4.25538. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/25538. Acesso em: 12 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2015)

Section

Animal Production

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