A Technique for Transferring Nests of Polybia (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini) Wasps in Anthropized Environment

Autor(es)

Prato, Amanda ; da Silva, Rafael Carvalho ; Mateus, Sidnei ; do Nascimento, Fabio Santos

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Sociobiology; v. 69, n. 2, p. 5-pg., 2022-06-01.

Resumo

Social wasps are model organisms in studies related to evolution and social behavior origin. They show high degree of sinanthropism and due to their feeding habits, they play important ecological roles. However, wasps are considered dangerous, hence their nests are destroyed by humans. The aim of this study was to develop a technique for transferring the nests of some Polybia (Lepeletier, 1836) species located in human constructions to protected places. Nests were removed in the morning blowing ether into the nest entrance and closing them with cotton. They were separated from the substrate with a spatula. Nests were immediately attached to the new substrate with hot silicone glue and installed in the new place. Transferred nests were monitored for one month to verify the efficiency of the technique. Following the transference, individuals kept foraging and repairing/constructing new cells. Workers performing colony tasks are evidence that the technique was efficient and that the colony was adapted to the new local. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/08761-9 - Relação entre os hidrocarbonetos cuticulares e as castas de vespas sociais Neotropicais (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Polistinae)
• Beneficiário: Rafael Carvalho da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico
• Processo FAPESP: 18/10996-0 - Evo-Devo perspectiva sobre a divisão reprodutiva do trabalho em vespas
• Beneficiário: Fábio Santos do Nascimento
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 16/11887-4 - Variação dos hidrocarbonetos cuticulares e produtos de glândulas exócrinas em operárias de Polybia occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Epiponini)
• Beneficiário: Amanda Prato da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/22461-3 - A busca pelo elo perdido: Os ovos atuam como veículo alternativo de comunicação em sistemas sociais?
• Beneficiário: Rafael Carvalho da Silva
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado