Pollination Requirements and the Foraging Behavior of Potential Pollinators of Cultivated Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) Trees in Central Amazon Rainforest
Figure 2
Approach to flowers of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) by distinct bee species in a commercial cultivation in the county of Itacoatiara, state of Amazonas, Brazil, 2007. ((a); (b)) Xylocopa frontalis ( and , resp.); (c) Epicharis (Epicharana) flava (); ((d); (e)) Epicharis (Epicharana) conica ( and , resp.); (f) Epicharis (Epicharis) umbraculata (); (g) Epicharis (Parepicharis) zonata (); (h) Centris (Ptilotopus) denudans (); (i) Centris ferruginea (); (j) Centris (Ptilotopus) americana (); (k) Eulaema (Eulaema) meriana (); ((l); (m)) Eulaema (Apeulaema) mocsaryi ( and , resp.); (n) Eulaema (Apeulaema) cingulata (); (o) Bombus (Fervidobombus) transversalis (); (p) Eufriesea flaviventris (); (q) Megachile sp.1; (r) Frieseomelitta longipes robbing pollen from El. (A.) mocsaryi.
