Neutral Sterols of Cephalic Glands of Stingless Bees and Their Correlation with Sterols from Pollen

Table 3

Pollen types found in food pots of Melipona marginata and Melipona  scutellaris colonies.

Families/species	M.  marginata	M.  scutellaris
Arecaceae
Archontophoenix alexandrae; (F. Muell.) H. Wendl. and Drude	−	+
Fabaceae
Anadenanthera macrocarpa  (Benth.) Brenan	+	+
Anadenanthera peregrina (L.)  Speg.	+	+
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.); de Wit	−	+
Mimosa sp.	+	−
Senna macranthera; (DC. ex Collad.) H.  S. Irwin and; Barneby	+	−
Melastomataceae
Tibouchina granulosa (Desr.); Cogn.	+	−
Myrtaceae
Eucalyptus grandis W. Mill; ex Maiden	+	−
Eucalyptus moluccana Roxb.	−	+
Eugenia involucrata DC.	−	+
Eugenia pyriformis Cambess.	−	+

Presence: (+) and absence: (−).