Carminda da Cruz-Landim

• Abstract

  The pheromones are essential chemicals produced in the exocrine glands for insect communication. The mandibular glands of eusocial bees produce pheromones with different functions according to the species, castes or takes developed by an individual of the same specie. On the cuticular surface of the bees there are surface pheromones to identify the individuals, castes or species, the unde…

  Chemical and cellular characterization of the mandibular glands and chemical composition of the cuticular superficie of Melipona quadrifasciata, AP.R
• Morphological study of the spermatogenesis in the teleost piaractus mesopotamicus., PUB.ART
• Juvenile hormone effect on the venom gland secretory cycle in workers of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae), PUB.ART

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• Abstract

  Environment perception, behavioral responses and neural basis of the sensory systems of the insects tell us how these animals are integrated in nature. Studies on the smell of bees, for example, allow access different levels in these analyses and understand their behavior, ontogeny, and evolutionary history. Considering the neuroanatomy a fundamental tool for understanding the mechanisms …

  The natural behavior and neural systems: the sculpture of evolution on bioecological strategies in insects (Hymenoptera, Meliponini, Augochlorini)., BP.PD

• Abstract

  The productivity of beekeeping depends primarily on the queen's egg laying capacity, and consequently the production of workers, as they perform the tasks of food collection, nest construction, brood and queen care. Thus, factors that promote the good functioning of the queen's ovaries are crucial and depend on the colony conditions, which affect the queen's physiology. The recognition of…

  Effect of restraining and CO2 treatment on oogenesis, vitellogenesis, and cuticular hydrocarbons in Apis mellifera queens., BP.PD

• Abstract

  Considering neuroanatomy a fundamental tool for understanding the mechanisms of perception of the parameters that define the environment, and the possibility to establish comparisons between different groups of animals and their bioecological strategies, the analysis of neuro-histological records of bees' antennal lobes has the sociality level as a criterion used to choose these groups as…

  Neuroanatomical study of olfactory brain circuits as a function of the social organization level of bee species (Hymenoptera, Apidae: Meliponini, Augochlorini, Bombini), BE.EP.PD