Research Article

Pollen Sources for Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo: An Endangered Brazilian Stingless Bee

Table 2

Pollen types observed in the pollen sediment storage in the beewax pollen pots of Melipona capixaba.

SamplesTotal of pollen typesMain pollen typesPollen types with minor importance (<5%)Classification of the sample

FC011Eucalyptus (85.3%) and Tibouchina (9.4%)Arecaceae type 1, Faramea, Myrcia, Myrsine, Senna, Serjania, Solanum, Solanaceae type 1 and Solanaceae type 2Heterofloral with great contibution of Eucalyptus and Tibouchina
JV16Eucalyptus (96.1%)Fabaceae type 1, Faramea, Tibouchina, Myrcia and Paullinia Monofloral
JV29Eucalyptus (95.7%)Alchornea, Faramea, Tibouchina, Mimosa, Myrcia, Myrsine Paullinia and Sida Monofloral
JV36Eucalyptus (96.6%)Faramea, Mimosa scabrella, Myrcia, Paullinia and not identified type 1Monofloral
EM48Tibouchina (87.8%) and Solanaceae type 2 (8.4%)Eupatorium, Faramea, Myrcia, Paullinia, Desmodium and Vernonia Heterofloral with great contribution of Tibouchina and Solanaceae
JOV55Eucalyptus (87.9%) and Tibouchina (10.3%)Arecaceae type 1, Fabaceae type 1and Myrcia Heterofloral with great contribution of Eucalyptus and Tibouchina
JOV68Eucalyptus (87.2%) and Senna (8.9%)Alchornea, Crotalaria, Tibouchina, Myrcia, Paullinia and Vernonia Heterofloral with great contribution of Eucalyptus and Senna
JOV78Eucalyptus (91.4%)Alchornea, Cassia, Tibouchina, Paullinia, Myrcia, Fabaceae type 1, and not identified type 2Monofloral
FC813Eucalyptus (75.4%), Senna (11.9%) and Myrcia (6.6%)Euterpe/Syagrus (2.4%), Eupatorium, Paullinia, Tibouchina, Combretum, Anadenanthera, Alchornea, Solanum, Piper and not identified type 3Heterofloral with great contribution of Eucalyptus, Senna and Myrcia
JV916Eucalyptus (53.4%) and Tibouchina (28.6%)Piper (4.7%), Alchornea (3.1%), Myrcia (2.8%), Paullinia, Aparisthmium, Faramea, Rudgea jasminoides, Sida, Myrsine, Senna, Cecropia, Solanum, Combretum and Cydista heterophylla Heterofloral with great contribution of Eucalyptus and Tibouchina
JV1014Eucalyptus (59.5%), Tibouchina (13.9%), Combretum (8.2%) and Myrcia (6.5%)Senna (3.0%), Alchornea (2.1%), Faramea (2.1%), Aparisthmium, Piper, Cydista heterophylla, Euterpe/Syagrus, Solanum, Myrsine and Rudgea jasminoides Heterofloral with great contribution of Eucalyptus, Tibouchina, Combretum and Myrcia