Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil

Abstract. Males of some groups of bees have to find a place outside the nests to sleep, sometimes forming “male sleeping aggregations”. Here we report the first record of “dense” male sleeping aggregation of two different genera of Eucerini bees observed in Bahia, Brazil. We discuss the possible aim...

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Autores principales: Mahlmann, Thiago, Hipólito, Juliana, de Oliveira, Favízia F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1556
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author Mahlmann, Thiago
Hipólito, Juliana
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description Abstract. Males of some groups of bees have to find a place outside the nests to sleep, sometimes forming “male sleeping aggregations”. Here we report the first record of “dense” male sleeping aggregation of two different genera of Eucerini bees observed in Bahia, Brazil. We discuss the possible aim of this kind of aggregation as well the plant utilized on aggregate.
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spelling pubmed-42067842014-10-27 Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil Mahlmann, Thiago Hipólito, Juliana de Oliveira, Favízia F. Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. Males of some groups of bees have to find a place outside the nests to sleep, sometimes forming “male sleeping aggregations”. Here we report the first record of “dense” male sleeping aggregation of two different genera of Eucerini bees observed in Bahia, Brazil. We discuss the possible aim of this kind of aggregation as well the plant utilized on aggregate. Pensoft Publishers 2014-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4206784/ /pubmed/25349523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1556 Text en Thiago Mahlmann, Juliana Hipólito, Favízia F. de Oliveira http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hipólito, Juliana
de Oliveira, Favízia F.
Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title_full Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title_fullStr Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title_short Male sleeping aggregation of multiple Eucerini bee genera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
title_sort male sleeping aggregation of multiple eucerini bee genera (hymenoptera: apidae) in chapada diamantina, bahia, brazil
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4206784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349523
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1556
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