Search Results - "Magalhães Freitas, Breno"

Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping by Jaffé, Rodolfo, Pope, Nathaniel, Torres Carvalho, Airton, Madureira Maia, Ulysses, Blochtein, Betina, de Carvalho, Carlos Alfredo Lopes, Carvalho-Zilse, Gislene Almeida, Freitas, Breno Magalhães, Menezes, Cristiano, Ribeiro, Márcia de Fátima, Venturieri, Giorgio Cristino, Imperatriz-Fonseca, Vera Lucia

“…Stingless bees are an important asset to assure plant biodiversity in many natural ecosystems, and fulfill the growing agricultural demand for pollination…”
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Evaluation of Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry for the Characterization of Volatile Organic Compounds from Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Flowers by Silva, Francisca Aliny Nunes, da Silva, Alexander Alves, de Sousa Fernandes, Nayanny, Rodrigues, Tigressa Helena Soares, Canuto, Kirley Marques, do Nascimento, Ronaldo Ferreira, de Brito, Edy Sousa, de Aragão, Fernando Antonio Souza, Freitas, Breno Magalhães, Zocolo, Guilherme Julião

“…The secondary metabolism of plants plays a key role in plant–insect interactions. Among the various classes of metabolites produced, volatile organic compounds…”
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Apis mellifera discrimination between flowers of commercial types of melon and implications to crop pollination by Fernandes, Nayanny de Sousa, Pinto, Gercy Soares, Zocolo, Guilherme Julião, Aragão, Fernando Antonio Souza de, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…ABSTRACT We investigated the foraging pattern of A. mellifera in five commercial types of melon (Yellow, Cantaloupe, Charentais, Galia and Piel de Sapo) grown…”
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Chemical composition and free radical scavenging activity of pollen loads from stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke by Silva, Tania Maria Sarmento, Camara, Celso Amorim, da Silva Lins, Antonio Claudio, Maria Barbosa-Filho, José, da Silva, Eva Mônica Sarmento, Freitas, Breno Magalhães, de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Francisco

“…Bee-collected pollen (“bee pollen”) is promoted as a health food with a wide range of nutritional and therapeutic properties. In order to evaluate the chemical…”
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Pollination requirements of seeded and seedless mini watermelon varieties cultivated under protected environment by Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão, Bezerra, Antônio Diego de Melo, Nunes, Alexandre Campos, Freitas, Breno Magalhães, Aragão, Fernando Antonio Souza de

“…The objective of this work was to evaluate the floral biology and pollination requirements of seeded and seedless mini watermelon varieties, and to determine…”
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External activity of colonies of Melipona quinquefasciata managed in different types of beehive by Mascena, Valdenio Mendes, Silva, Celso Moreira, Almeida, Cicero Lima de, Alves, Társio Thiago Lopes, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…This study evaluated the influence of the environment and of two models of beehive (wooden box and ceramic pot) on the flight activity of the ground-nesting…”
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Floral Biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) by de Andrade, Patricia Barreto, Freitas, Breno Magalhaes, Rocha, Epifania Emanuela de Macedo, de Lima, Jose Antonio, Rufino, Leonardo Lopes

“…This study aimed to investigate the floral biology and pollination requirements of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), cultivar CNPA G2. The study was carried out at…”
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Flight Activity of the Stingless Bee Plebeia aff. flavocincta in Tropical Conditions as Indicator of the General Health of the Colony by Barbosa, Artur Bruno da Silva, Meneses, Hiara Marques, Rosa, Felipe Lima, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…Bees are prolific pollinators and are responsible for the pollination of most wild and cultivated plants. This study aimed to learn about the flight activity…”
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Chemical Characterisation of the Floral Oil of the Murici (Byrsonima sericea): Discovering the Constituents Used in Reproduction by Oil-Collecting Bees by Rosa, Felipe Lima, Barbosa, Artur Bruno da Silva, Rodrigues, Tigressa Helena Soares, Zocolo, Guilherme Julião, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The recent decline in population of generalist bees such as those of the genera Apis and Bombus has shown the need to breed and manage a larger number of bee…”
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Bionomy and Nesting Behavior of the Bee Epanthidium tigrinum (Schrottky, 1905) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Trap-Nests by Gomes, Angela Maria S., Silva, Cláudia Inês da, Cavalcante, Arianne Moreira, Rocha, Epifânia Emanuela M., Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…About 85% of pollinating bees are solitary, but few are used for agricultural pollination. The Anthidiini tribe looks very promising in Brazil, in the light of…”
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A new species of Paratrigona Schwarz, 1938 from northeastern Brazil, with notes on the type material of Melipona lineata Lepeletier, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Anthophila: Apidae) by Oliveira, Favízia Freitas de, Madella-Auricchio, Cláudia Renata, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…A distinctive new species of the Neotropical stingless bee genus Paratrigona Schwarz from northeastern Brazil, previously considered as a variation within P…”
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Foraging behavior of the small-sized stingless bee Plebeia aff. flavocincta by Silva, Jameson Guedes da, Meneses, Hiara Marques, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The aim of the study was to investigate the flight range and foraging behavior of the stingless bee Plebeia aff. flavocincta, as well as testing its attraction…”
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First record of the stingless bee Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) in NE Brazil and its cleptobiotic behavior by Mascena, Valdenio Mendes, Nogueira, David Silva, Silva, Celso Moreira, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The aim of this study was to expand occurrence records of Lestrimelitta rufa (Friese, 1903) to the Brazilian Northeast and to document the cleptobiotic…”
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Occupation and Emergence of Solitary Bees in Different Types of Trap Nests by Guimarães Brasil, Michelle De Oliveira, Brasil, Daniel De Freitas, Pacheco Filho, Alípio José de Souza, Silva, Cláudia Inês da, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The study investigated the occupation and emergence of bees that nest in trap-nests and assessed aspects of the structure of such nests, sex ratio, parasitism…”
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Temporal variation in production and nutritional value of pollen used in the diet of Apis mellifera L. in a seasonal semideciduous forest by Nascimento, José Elton de Melo, Freitas, Breno Magalhães, Pacheco Filho, Alípio José De Souza, Pereira, Elzania Sales, Meneses, Hiara Marques, Alves, José Everton, Silva, Cláudia Inês da

“…The flora of mountain formations in the Caatinga biome is composed predominantly by semi-deciduous species with representatives of both Atlantic and Amazon…”
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Bionomic Aspects of the Solitary Bee Tetrapedia diversipes Klug, 1810 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tetrapediini) by Cavalcante, Arianne Moreira, Silva, Cláudia Inês da, Gomes, Angela Maria da Silva, Pinto, Gercy Soares, Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The study aimed to describe bionomic aspects of Tetrapedia diversipes Klug, 1810 in order to allow the conservation or breeding of these bees. The nesting…”
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Floral biology, pollination requirements and behavior of floral visitors in two species of pitaya by Muniz, João Paulo de Oliveira, Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão, Corrêa, Márcio Cleber de Medeiros, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…The present work aimed to study floral biology, pollination requirements and the behavior of floral visitors in two species of pitaya, Hylocereus undatus and…”
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Complementary bee pollination maximizes yield and fruit quality in two species of self-pollinating pitaya by Muniz, João Paulo de Oliveira, Bomfim, Isac Gabriel Abrahão, Corrêa, Márcio Cleber de Medeiros, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…ABSTRACT Large-scale commercial production of pitaya is recent and there is little information on pollination and fruiting in this crop. Therefore, the…”
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Nesting and reproductive habits of the solitary bee Centris analis in trap nests under a tropical climate by Lourenço, Diego de Vasconcelos, Silva, Luciano Pinheiro da, Meneses, Hiara Marques, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…Pollination is a key factor in global agricultural production, and there is a need to increase the number of bee species that can be bred for pollination in…”
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Aspectos sobre a nidificação de Centris analis (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini) by Nogueira, David Silva, Cavalcante, Arianne Moreira, Pontes, Rita Kelly de Oliveira, Pick, Raquel, Freitas, Breno Magalhães

“…Resumo. A taxa de emergência de abelhas adultas, a de parasitismo e a razão sexual entre machos e fêmeas foram medidas a partir do monitoramento de abelhas…”
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