Intrinsic colony conditions affect the provisioning and oviposition process in the stingless bee Melipona scutellaris.
Genet Mol Res
; 8(2): 725-9, 2009.
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The cell provisioning and oviposition process (POP) is a unique characteristic of stingless bees (Meliponini), in which coordinated interactions between workers and queen regulate the filling of brood cells with larval resources and subsequent egg laying. Environmental conditions seem to regulate reproduction in stingless bees; however, little is known about how the amount of food affects quantitative sequences of the process. We examined intrinsic variables by comparing three colonies in distinct conditions (strong, intermediate and weak state). We predicted that some of these variables are correlated with temporal events of POP in Melipona scutellaris colonies. The results demonstrated that the strong colony had shorter periods of POP.
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MEDLINE
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Abelhas
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Comportamento de Nidação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
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Genet Mol Res
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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GENETICA
Ano de publicação:
2009
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Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil