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Document Type:	Artigo
Title:	Botanical preferences of Africanized bees (Apis mellifera) on the coast and in the Atlantic Forest of Sergipe, Brazil
Authors:	Poderoso, Júlio César Melo Correia-Oliveira, Maria Emilene Paz, Luan Carlos Silva e Souza, Tácito Moreira da Vilca, Franz Zirena Dantas, Priscylla Costa Ribeiro, Genésio Tâmara
Issue Date:	2012
Resumo :	Pollen analysis in honey can be used as an alternative method to research into flowers visited by bees in an area. This study aimed to indentify the main floral families in honey from apiaries in the Atlantic Forest and Sergipe state coast. Honey samples from these apiaries were studied, as well as plants that grow around them, which can be used as a source of foraging for bees. The palynological technique was used to compare the pollen content of honey samples with the pollen grains from leaves of plants found in the vicinity of the apiaries to assess whether they had been visited by bees. The results of studies in both sites were similar in terms of incompatibility of families found in the apiary vicinity and honey. Thus, it was possible to observe that in honey samples from the coast and in the remaining Atlantic forest, the number of families was greater than the number of families found in the apiary vicinity, which highlights the diversity of plants visited by bees and a possible expansion of the visited area for food search. This diversity suggests an adaptive foraging behavior to plant resources available in the environ-ment, which may facilitate the pollination of these botanical families and consequently improve their genetic quality.
Keywords:	Palynology Food preferences Honey Pollen
ISSN:	2447-8067
Is part of:	Sociobiology
Language:	eng
Publisher / Institution :	Departamento de Ciências Biológicas de Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Citation:	PODEROSO, J. C. M. et al. Botanical preferences of Africanized bees (Apis mellifera) on the coast and in the Atlantic Forest of Sergipe, Brazil. Sociobiology, Feira de Santana, v. 59, n. 1, p. 97-105, 2012. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/768/632. Acesso em: 13 out. 2025.
License:	Creative Commons Atribuição 3.0 Não Adaptada (CC BY 3.0)
URI:	https://ri.ufs.br/jspui/handle/riufs/23453
Appears in Collections:	DCF - Artigos de periódicos

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