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dc.contributor.authorNUNES, T. M.pt_BR
dc.contributor.authorZUBEN, L. G. vonpt_BR
dc.contributor.authorCOSTA, L.pt_BR
dc.contributor.authorVENTURIERI, G. C.pt_BR
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-19T11:11:11Zpt_BR
dc.date.available2015-01-19T11:11:11Zpt_BR
dc.date.created2015-01-19pt_BR
dc.date.issued2014pt_BR
dc.identifier.citationSociobiology, v. 61, n. 4, p. 541-546, Dec. 2014.pt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1005968pt_BR
dc.descriptionDespite the fact that Meliponini bee lost their sting apparatus (stingless bees), they did not lose their ability to defend themselves. A variety of defensive strategies is described for the group, such as bitting and resin deposition. Defensive behaviours are usually mediated by chemical communication such as alarm pheromones. This study describe the defensive strategies of the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata Friese 1900 towards known pheromone sources, the head secretions of the robber bee Lestrimelitta limao and the mandibular gland extract of conspecifics M. flavolineata workers. The pheromones provoked different defensive reactions. The head secretions of the robber bee repelled returning foragers, elicited the enclosing of the nest entrance tube with batumen balls and agglomeration of workers outside of the box. In contrast, the mandibular gland extract elicited aggression towards the pheromone site, transport of resin and generalised agitated flights. The results confirm the mandibular gland as a source of alarm pheromone for this specie and also the chemical triggering of defensive response for the known cleptoparasite L. limao.pt_BR
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.rightsopenAccesseng
dc.subjectDefesapt_BR
dc.titleDefensive repertoire of the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae).pt_BR
dc.typeArtigo de periódicopt_BR
dc.date.updated2017-08-28T11:11:11Zpt_BR
dc.subject.thesagroAbelhapt_BR
riaa.ainfo.id1005968pt_BR
riaa.ainfo.lastupdate2017-08-28 -03:00:00pt_BR
dc.identifier.doi10.13102/sociobiology.v61i4.541-546pt_BR
dc.contributor.institutionTúlio Marcos Nunes, USP; Lucas Garcia von Zuben, USP; LUCIANO COSTA, CPATU; GIORGIO CRISTINO VENTURIERI, CPATU.pt_BR
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