Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest

This study is the first contribution to knowledge of the relationships between <i>Geotrigona argentina</i> and the plants of the Argentine Dry Chaco forest. A total of 1260 g of honey (corresponding to 146 pots) and 763 g of pollen (63 pots) stored in four underground nests was studied....

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Autores principales: Vossler, Favio Gerardo, Tellería, María Cristina, Cunningham, Mónica Liliana
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2010
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Ciencias Naturales
Ciencias Médicas
Dry Chaco forest
Geotrigona argentina
Honey
Pollen diet
Stingless bees
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82459
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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language Inglés
topic Ciencias Naturales
Ciencias Médicas
Dry Chaco forest
Geotrigona argentina
Honey
Pollen diet
Stingless bees
spellingShingle Ciencias Naturales
Ciencias Médicas
Dry Chaco forest
Geotrigona argentina
Honey
Pollen diet
Stingless bees
Vossler, Favio Gerardo
Tellería, María Cristina
Cunningham, Mónica Liliana
Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
topic_facet Ciencias Naturales
Ciencias Médicas
Dry Chaco forest
Geotrigona argentina
Honey
Pollen diet
Stingless bees
description This study is the first contribution to knowledge of the relationships between <i>Geotrigona argentina</i> and the plants of the Argentine Dry Chaco forest. A total of 1260 g of honey (corresponding to 146 pots) and 763 g of pollen (63 pots) stored in four underground nests was studied. The honey pots from each nest were homogenised and the four honey samples were analysed by melissopalynological methods, whereas the pollen pots were studied individually. Both classical counts and counts affected by the volume of the pollen types were carried out. Pollen data were statistically analysed. Additional data on both protein and lipid content is also provided. A total of 39 pollen taxa were identified. Pollen collection was focused on a few pollen taxa: <i>Prosopis, Castela coccinea, Maytenus</i> and <i>Capparis</i>; these taxa, together with <i>Ziziphus mistol</i> and <i>Pisonia zapallo</i>, were also important nectar sources. The preliminary results show that pollen collection varied seasonally, being most diverse in the summer when <i>G. argentina</i> incorporates herbaceous plants into its diet. The pollen collection spectrum of <i>G. argentina</i> is similar to that of other Trigonina bees in that the main plant species collected are a few large shrubs or trees, whose flowering consists of small and clustered flowers. Pots with large amounts of monofloral loads with pollen from only a few species suggests an organised foraging behaviour that includes the recruitment of foragers, such as that observed in other eusocial bees.
format Articulo
Articulo
author Vossler, Favio Gerardo
Tellería, María Cristina
Cunningham, Mónica Liliana
author_facet Vossler, Favio Gerardo
Tellería, María Cristina
Cunningham, Mónica Liliana
author_sort Vossler, Favio Gerardo
title Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
title_short Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
title_full Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
title_fullStr Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
title_full_unstemmed Floral resources foraged by Geotrigona Argentina (Apidae, Meliponini) in the Argentine Dry Chaco forest
title_sort floral resources foraged by geotrigona argentina (apidae, meliponini) in the argentine dry chaco forest
publishDate 2010
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/82459
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