Pot-pollen in stingless bee melittology. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patricia Vit, Silvia R.M. Pedro, David W. Roubik, editors.
• Editors: Vit, Patricia; Pedro, Silvia R. M; Roubik, David W (David Ward), 1951-
• Contents: Forewords -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- SECTION 1 Pollen and the Evolution of Mutualism -- 1. Pot-Pollen as a Discipline. What Does it Include? -- 2. Are Stingless Bees a Broadly Polylectic Group? An Empirical Study of the Adjustments Required -- 3. Pollen collected by stingless bees: a contribution to understand Amazonian biodiversity -- 4. The Stingless Honey Bees (Apidae, Apinae: Meliponini) in Panama, and Ecology from Pollen -- 5. The value of plants for the Mayan stingless honey bee Melipona beecheii (Apidae: Meliponini): a pollen-based study in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico -- 6. Melittopalynological Studies of Stingless Bees from East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia -- 7. The Contribution of Palynological Surveys to Stingless Bee Conservation: a Case Study with Melipona subnitida -- 8. Pollen Storage by Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides in a Protected Urban Atlantic Forest Area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- 9. Angiosperm Resources for Stingless Bees (Apidae, Meliponini): A Pot-Pollen Melittopalynological Study in the Gulf of Mexico -- 10. Annual Foraging Patterns of the Maya Bee Melipona beecheii (Bennett, 1831) in Quintana Roo, Mexico -- 11. Crop Pollination by Stingless Bees -- 12. Stingless Bees as Potential Pollinators in Agroecosystems in Argentina: Inferences from Pot-Pollen Studies in Natural Environments -- SECTION 2 Biodiversity, Behavior and Microorganisms of the Stingless Bees (Meliponini) -- 13. Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Meliponini) from Gabon -- 14. Pushing 100 Species: Meliponines (Apidae: Meliponini) in a Parcel of Western Amazonian Forest at Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador -- 15. Diversity of Stingless Bees in Ecuador, Pot-Pollen Standards and Meliponiculture Fostering a Living Museum for Meliponini of the World -- 16. Nesting Ecology of Stingless Bees in Africa -- 17. On the Trophic Niche of Bees in Cerrado Areas of Brazil and Yeasts in their Stored Pollen -- 18. A Review of the Artificial Diets Used as Pot-Pollen Substitutes -- 19. Yeast and Bacterial Composition in Pot-Pollen Recovered from Meliponini in Colombia: Prospects for a Promising Biological Resource -- SECTION 3 Stingless Bees in Culture and Traditions -- 20. Cultural, Psychological and Organoleptic Factors Related to the Use of Stingless Bees by Rural Residents of Northern Misiones, Argentina -- 21. The Maya Universe in a Pollen Pot Native Stingless Bees in Precolumbian Maya Art -- SECTION 4 Chemical Composition, Bioactivity and Biodiversity of Pot-Pollen -- 22. Nutritional Composition of Pot-Pollen from Four Species of Stingless Bees (Meliponini) in South East Asia -- 23. Characterization of Scaptotrigona mexicana Pot-Pollen from Veracruz, Mexico -- 24. Chemical Characterization and Bioactivity of Tetragonisca angustula Pot-Pollen from Mérida, Venezuela -- 25. Chemical, Microbiological and Palynological composition of the 'Samburá' Melipona scutellaris Pot-Pollen -- 26. Characterization of Pot-Pollen from Southern Venezuela -- 27. Bioactivity and Botanical Origin of Austroplebeia and Tetragonula Australian Pot-Pollen -- 28. Antibacterial Activity of Ethanolic Extracts of Pot-Pollen from Eight Meliponine Species from Venezuela -- 29. Metabolomics of Pot-Pollen from Three Species of Australian Stingless Bees (Meliponini) -- SECTION 6 Marketing and Standards of Pot-Pollen -- 30. Rural-Urban Meliponiculture and Ecosystems in Neotropical areas. Scaptotrigona, a Resilient Stingless Bee? -- 31. Pot-Pollen "Samburá" Marketing in Brazil, and Suggested Legisation -- APPENDIX A Ethnic Names of Stingless Bees -- APPENDIX B Microorganisms Associated with Stingless Bees or Used to Test Antimicrobial Activity (AM) -- APPENDIX C Taxonomic Index of Bees -- APPENDIX D List of Bee Taxa -- APPENDIX E Taxonomic Index of Plant Families -- APPENDIX F Microorganisms Associated to Stingless Bees or Used to Test Antimicrobial Activity -- INDEX.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 595.79/9; Life sciences; Stingless bees; Honeybee; Pollen; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General; Honeybee; Pollen; Stingless bees; Science -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology; Technology & Engineering -- Food Science; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Insects (entomology); Food & beverage technology; Zoology & animal sciences; Animal physiology; Animal ecology; Entomology; Food science; Biochemistry; Animal physiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Ecology; Animal ecology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319618395; 3319618393
• Related ISBNs: 9783319618388; 3319618385
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 13, 2018).
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