The effect of polygyny on colony maintenance and multiplication in Melipona bicolor and regulation of division of labour: possibilities for new breeding techniques

• Grant number: 98/14231-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: January 01, 1999
• End date: May 31, 2002
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior
• Principal Investigator: Dirk Koedam
• Grantee: Dirk Koedam
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 96/11093-2 - Colony organization and patterns of reproduction in indigenous bees, AP.TEM

Abstract

This (sub) project of the - projeto temático: Organização colonial e padrões de reprodção em abelhas indígenas ( Processo 96/11093-2) -intends to perform experimental studies on behaviour of Melipona bees. The polygyny in M. bicolor opens possibilities to combine information from research with the invention of new techniques to improve breeding with this species. The effect of polygyny on colony development, its use in colony multiplication and the predisposition of Melipona workers for the performance of tasks in relation to age will be studied experimentally. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

KOEDAM‚ D.; JUNGNICKEL‚ H.; TENTSCHERT‚ J.; JONES‚ GR; MORGAN‚ ED. Production of wax by virgin queens of the stingless bee Melipona bicolor (Apidae‚ Meliponinae). Insectes Sociaux, v. 49, n. 3, p. 229-233, 2002. (98/14231-2)

KOEDAM‚ D.; CONTRERA‚ FAL; FIDALGO‚ A.O.; IMPERATRIZ-FONSECA‚ VL. How queen and workers share in male production in the stingless bee Melipona subnitida Ducke (Apidae‚ Meliponini). Insectes Sociaux, v. 52, n. 2, p. 114-121, 2005. (98/14231-2)