Melissopalynology of <i>Coffea arabica</i> honey produced by the stingless bee <i>Tetragonisca angustula</i> (Latreille, 1811) from Alajuela, Costa Rica DOI Creative Commons
Enrique Moreno, Patrícia Vit,

Ingrid Aguilar

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AIMS Agriculture and Food, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 804 - 831

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

<abstract> <p><italic>Tetragonisca angustula</italic> is the most widespread stingless bee species, from Mexico to Northern Argentina. It called Mariola in Costa Rica. Native plant species offering food resources and nesting sites bees are included reforestation conservation programs. In Rica there continuous initiatives on listing flora supporting meliponiculture. this study, a sample of pot-honey was collected sealed honey pots within nests <italic>Tetragonisca Alajuela, acetolyzed following standard methods pollen types were visualized by microscopic analysis at 200X magnification using Nikon Eclipse Ni binocular scope. Electronic brightfield micro-photographs obtained 1000X plated. Palynological descriptions provided for major grains. The botanical identifications families genera established comparison with atlases validated consulting 2022 Tropicos Missouri Botanical Garden database. Seventy-nine recognized spectrum, representing 36 67 flowering plants. Their habits trees (51%), lianas/vine (11%), herbs (19%), herb/tree (5%), shrubs shrub/tree (1%) not assigned (8%). This assemblage indicated presence lowland tropical forest elements, probably small relicts secondary surrounding open cultivated areas where <italic>Coffea arabica</italic> dominated spectrum 54.3% total counts, <italic>Paullinia</italic> sp. 8.7%, <italic>Vochysia</italic> 4.8% <italic>Cassia</italic> 4.2% 95% taxa present &lt; 3% relative frequency. Taxa only (polleniferous) considered contaminants (32%) explaining nectar origin honey.</p> </abstract>

Language: Английский

Stingless bee classification and biology (Hymenoptera, Apidae): a review, with an updated key to genera and subgenera DOI Creative Commons
Michael S. Engel, Claus Rasmussen, Ricardo Ayala

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ZooKeys, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 1172, P. 239 - 312

Published: July 26, 2023

Stingless bees (Meliponini) are a ubiquitous and diverse element of the pantropical melittofauna, have significant cultural economic importance. This review outlines their diversity, provides identification keys based on external morphology, brief accounts for each recognized genera, an updated checklist all living fossil species. In total there currently 605 described extant species in 45 further 18 extinct nine seven which extinct. A new genus, Adactylurina Engel, gen. nov., is also Miocene amber from Ethiopia. addition to systematic review, biology stingless summarized with emphasis aspects related nesting architecture.

Language: Английский

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Toxicological Assessments of Agrochemicals in Stingless Bees in Brazil: a Systematic Review DOI
Lorena Lisbetd Botina, Wagner Faria Barbosa, Gustavo Ferreira Martins

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Neotropical Entomology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53(3), P. 480 - 489

Published: Feb. 15, 2024

Language: Английский

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Deep Divergence and Genomic Diversification of Gut Symbionts of Neotropical Stingless Bees DOI Creative Commons
Garance Sarton-Lohéac, Carlos Gustavo Nunes-Silva, Florent Mazel

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mBio, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(2)

Published: March 20, 2023

Social bees harbor conserved gut microbiotas that may have been acquired in a common ancestor of social and subsequently codiversified with their hosts. However, most this knowledge is based on studies the honey bumblebees. Much less known about third diverse group bees, stingless bees. Specifically, absence genomic data from presents an important gap understanding evolution functional diversity bee microbiota. Here, we combined community profiling culturing genome sequencing bacteria six neotropical species Brazil. Phylogenomic analyses show isolates form deep-branching sister clades core members bumblebee microbiota capabilities, confirming ancestry ecology our bacterial phylogenies were not congruent those host, indicating was driven by strict codiversification but included host switches independent symbiont gain losses. Finally, as reported for microbiotas, found substantial divergence among strains bacteria, suggesting adaptation to different glycan niches. Our study offers first insights into highlights need broader samplings understand IMPORTANCE Stingless are corbiculate represent pollinator throughout tropics subtropics. They specialized microbial communities related bumblebees likely health. Few cultured which has prevented characterization potential. established cultures major sequenced genomes. We belong novel distantly encoding similar capabilities. new perspective basis characterizing symbiotic relationships between

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Exploring honey bee toxicological data as a proxy for assessing dimethoate sensitivity in stingless bees DOI

Andreza Ribas,

Lorena Lisbetd Botina, Renan dos Santos Araújo

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Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 354, P. 141652 - 141652

Published: March 8, 2024

Language: Английский

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Chemical Profile and Biological Potential of Scaptotrigona Bee Products (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): An Review DOI
Zildene de Sousa Silveira, Nair Silva Macêdo,

Débora de Menezes Dantas

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Chemistry & Biodiversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(4)

Published: Feb. 28, 2024

Stingless bees belong to the Meliponini tribe and are widely distributed in tropics subtropics, where they perform important ecological services. Among best groups of stingless is genus Scaptotrigona, which includes 22 species throughout neotropical region, including area from Mexico Argentina. Bees this responsible for production products such as honey, propolis, geopropolis fermented pollen ("saburá"). This review aimed provide an overview chemical composition biological activities associated with derived Scaptotrigona. The bibliographic was carried out through searches Scopus, Web Science, ScienceDirect PubMed databases, publications 2003 January 2023. study chemodiversity Scaptotrigona demonstrated mainly presence flavonoids, phenolic acids, terpenoids alkaloids. It also that exhibit a wide range effects, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory antifungal activities, among other bioactivities. provides phytochemical pharmacological investigations However, it essential clarify toxicity food safety these products.

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Further evidences of an emerging stingless bee-yeast symbiosis DOI Creative Commons
Gabriela Toninato de Paula, Weilan Gomes da Paixão Melo, Ivan de Castro

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Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: Aug. 11, 2023

Symbiotic interactions between microorganisms and social insects have been described as crucial for the maintenance of these multitrophic systems, observed stingless bee Scaptotrigona depilis yeast Zygosaccharomyces sp. SDBC30G1. The larvae S. ingest fungal filaments SDBC30G1 to obtain ergosterol, which is precursor biosynthesis ecdysteroids that modulate insect metamorphosis. In this work, we find a similar insect-microbe interaction in other species bees. We analyzed brood cell samples from 19 bees collected Brazil. osmophilic spp. was isolated eight species, namely bipunctata, postica, tubiba, Tetragona clavipes, Melipona quadrifasciata, M. fasciculata, bicolor, Partamona helleri. These yeasts form pseudohyphae also accumulate ergosterol lipid droplets, pattern depilis. phylogenetic analyses including various revealed strains cells formed branch separated previously suggesting they are new genus reinforcing symbiotic with host insects.

Language: Английский

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Exposure to a fungicide for a field-realistic duration does not alter bumble bee fecal microbiota structure DOI
Michelle Hotchkiss, Jessica R. K. Forrest, Alexandre J. Poulain

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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 90(2)

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

Social bees are frequently exposed to pesticides when foraging on nectar and pollen. Recent research has shown that pesticide exposure not only impacts social bee host health but can also alter the community structure of gut microbiotas. However, most pesticide-bee microbiota interactions been conducted in honey bees; bumble bees, native North American pollinators, have received less attention and, due differences their ecology, may be certain for shorter durations than bees. Here, we examine how fungicide chlorothalonil a short, field-realistic duration alters fecal microbiotas (used as proxy microbiotas) performance. We expose small groups

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Scientific note on mortality of a stingless bee Tetragona clavipes colony infested with clown beetles Hololepta reichii (Histeridae) and black soldier flies Hermetia illucens (Stratiomyidae) in Southeastern Brazil DOI
Thiago S. Depintor, David De Jong

Apidologie, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 56(1)

Published: Jan. 21, 2025

Language: Английский

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Effects of the insecticide thiodicarb on non-target organs and behavior of the stingless bee Partamona helleri (Hymenoptera: Meliponini) DOI

Davy Soares Gomes,

Franciane Rosa Miranda, João Victor de Oliveira Motta

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Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 106308 - 106308

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Chemical Ecology and Management of the Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) DOI
Bridget O. Bobadoye, Beatrice T. Nganso, Charles Stuhl

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Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 51(1)

Published: Jan. 31, 2025

Language: Английский

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