Efficiency of trap nests in attracting stingless bees in the central Brazilian Amazon

Author:

CRUZ Iris Andrade da1ORCID,NUNES-SILVA Carlos Gustavo2,CARVALHO-ZILSE Gislene Almeida1

Affiliation:

1. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Brazil

2. Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACT Obtaining colonies of stingless bees in the wild for the formation or expansion of meliponaries and other purposes is permitted by law in Brazil using bait containers or trap nests, and other non-destructive methods. We tested the efficiency of trap nests made from plastic bottles for attraction and nesting of stingless bees in the central Brazilian Amazon. We used 2-L and 5-L bottles and three types of attractants (cerumen and geopropolis from Melipona seminigra, M. interrupta and a mix of the two). We used 216 trap nests distributed in three experimental areas during 13 months. Visitation by six species of stingless bees in 58 (26.9%) trap nests, and nesting by three species in 12 (5.6%) trap nests in two areas near meliponaries was recorded. There was no significant difference between trap-nest size, nor among attractants for visitation or nesting, suggesting that the availability of cavities or hollows is more important than odor for nesting. Monthly pooled visitation and nesting events were not correlated with monthly rainfall. Based on our results, we can conclude that, despite the low capture rate, the acquisition of swarms through nest traps is a viable alternative to obtain new colonies of stingless bees for meliponaries.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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