Research Article

Diversity and Nesting Substrates of Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponina) in a Forest Remnant

Table 2

Number of stingless bee nests for each substrate type, and number of species nesting for each substrate in a forest fragment located in the municipality of Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Substrate typeNumber of nests Number of species using the substrate

(1) Cement pole11
(2) Dead trunk63
(3) Epigeous termitaria43
(4) Live trunk4414
(5) Rock substrate22
(6) Soil11
(7) Arboreous termitaria21
(8) Underground termitaria31
(9) Vine21
(10) Wall22
(11) Wooden pole22