Aprendizado espaço-tempo no forrageamento de abelhas sem ferrão amazônicas (Apidae, Meliponini)

Abstract

The meliponídeos taxon are a key to the maintenance of biodiversity perform the pollination of different species. The standard collection of natural resources is widely studied and is related to pollination, because both influence the collection of resources by bees as the cross-fertilization of plants. Nectar and pollen are highly disputed resources, both by other species meliponídeos as by other animals. In this way, learn the location of a resource, and the time of day that such a feature is offered, it is an important adaptive advantage. In this work it was studied whether two species of stingless bees, Melipona fasciculata and Scaptotrigona Postica present anticipatory feeding activity (AAA) is an important mechanism for maximum exploitation of a renewable resource. In both there was the anticipation phenomenon, which must have evolved to minimize competition with other colonies, although the accuracy of this anticipation varies between the two species.