Title:	Radiofrequency identification (RFID) reveals long-distance flight and homing abilities of the stingless bee Melipona fasciculata.
Authors:	NUNES-SILVA, P. COSTA, L. CAMPBELL, A. J. ARRUDA, H. CONTRERA, F. A. L. TEIXEIRA, J. S. G. GOMES, R. L. C. PESSIN, G. PEREIRA, D. S. SOUZA, P. de IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, V. L.
Affiliation:	PATRÍCIA NUNES-SILVA, UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS LUCIANO COSTA, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE ALISTAIR JOHN CAMPBELL, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE HELDER ARRUDA, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE FELIPE ANDRES LEON CONTRERA, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ JULIANA STEPHANIE GALASCHI TEIXEIRA, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE RAFAEL LEANDRO CORRÊA GOMES, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARÁ GUSTAVO PESSIN, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE DANIEL SANTIAGO PEREIRA, CPATU PAULO DE SOUZA, COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION VERA LUCIA IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA, INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE.
Date Issued:	2020
Citation:	Apidologie, v. 51, n. 2, p. 240-253, Apr. 2020.
Description:	Determining bee flight capacity is crucial for developing management strategies for bee conservation and/or crop pollination and purposes. In this study, we determined the flight distance of the stingless bee Melipona fasciculata using the radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology. For this, we conducted two translocation experiments using workers equipped with RFID microsensors: (1) release of bees at seven distances between 100 and 3000 m from experimental colonies in Belém, Brazil, and (2) at six distances between 1500 and 10,000 m at Carajás National Forest Reserve. Return rates of workers were negatively correlated to release distance, with typical flight distances of 2 km, but a maximum homing distance of 10 km. Use of RFID tags revealed how past experiments may have greatly underestimated homing abilities of stingless bees.
Thesagro:	Abelha
NAL Thesaurus:	Melipona Stingless bees
Keywords:	RFID Alcance de voo Abelha sem ferrão Identificação por radiofreqüência
DOI:	10.1007/s13592-019-00706-8
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPATU)