Foraging Activity in Plebeia remota, a Stingless Bees Species, Is Influenced by the Reproductive State of a Colony

Table 6

Peaks of the different foraging activities of different species of stingless bees (Meliponini) that present or do not present reproductive diapause.

Species	Reproductive diapause	General foraging peak	Nectar foraging peak	Pollen foraging peak	Resin foraging peak	Detritus removal	Reference
Tetragonisca angustula	No	—	None	—	End of morning/beginning of afternoon	—	[27]
Melipona fasciata	No	—	Middle of the day	—	Beginning of morning/after 15:00	—	[27]
Melipona beecheii	No	—	Middle of the day	—	Beginning of morning/after 15:00	—	[27]
Melipona favosa	No	—	Middle of the day	—	—	—	[27]
Melipona bicolor bicolor	No	—	—	Begining of morning	End of afternoon	End of afternoon	[28]
Melipona scutellaris	No	—	None	Beginning of morning	None	Morning	[29]
Melipona marginata obscurior	No	—	Middle of the day	—	—	—	[30]
Melipona asilvai	No	—	Middle of the day	—	—	—	[31]
Meliponula ferruginea	No	—	None	—	—	Morning	[32]
Meliponula nebulata	No	—	None	—	—	Morning	[32]
Plebeia pugnax	No		Middle of the day	Beginning of morning	None	S: 11:00–13:00; W/A: 15:00–17:00	[5, 33]
Plebeia saiqui	Yes	RP: 11:00-12:00; RD: 13:00-14:00	—	RP: beginning of morning; RD: none	—	—	[11, 12]
Plebeia remota	Yes	RP: none	RP: none;	RP: beginning of morning	None	End of afternoon	This study
		RD: around 12:00	RD: 11:00–13:00	RD: no