TY - JOUR
T1 - Nesting biology of Centris (Paracentris) burgdorfi (Apidae: Centridini)
AU - Sabino, William O.
AU - Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel
AU - Queiroz, Elisa Pereira
AU - de Faria, Letícia Biral
AU - Papaj, Daniel R.
AU - Buchmann, Stephen L.
AU - da Silva, Cláudia Inês
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP). The authors are grateful to Paulo Roberto de Castro for the help and all support in the fieldwork and to Astrid Kleinert, Celso Martins, Clemens Schlindwein, Felipe Vivallo, Maria Cristina Gaglianone and the two anonymous reviewers for comments and suggestions in the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 International Bee Research Association.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We describe the nesting biology of Centris (Paracentris) burgdorfi, a solitary bee that nests in sandstone in northeastern Brazil. The nest consists of a shallow tunnel with access to the brood cells. Females of C. burgdorfi made 1–7 brood cells per nest with each cell requiring 2.58 ± 0.40 ((Formula presented.) ± SD) days to construct. The average cell-building construction time was longer when compared to other Centris species. Females were larger than males, and this difference was reflected in the size of their respective emergence cells. The temperature within C. burgdorfi nests was lower when compared to ambient temperature. Our study is the first to report the nesting biology of C. burgdorfi. The detailed behavior of the female inside the nest was also described, which is unusual in the study of solitary bee nesting biology.
AB - We describe the nesting biology of Centris (Paracentris) burgdorfi, a solitary bee that nests in sandstone in northeastern Brazil. The nest consists of a shallow tunnel with access to the brood cells. Females of C. burgdorfi made 1–7 brood cells per nest with each cell requiring 2.58 ± 0.40 ((Formula presented.) ± SD) days to construct. The average cell-building construction time was longer when compared to other Centris species. Females were larger than males, and this difference was reflected in the size of their respective emergence cells. The temperature within C. burgdorfi nests was lower when compared to ambient temperature. Our study is the first to report the nesting biology of C. burgdorfi. The detailed behavior of the female inside the nest was also described, which is unusual in the study of solitary bee nesting biology.
KW - foraging behavior
KW - nesting behavior
KW - oil-collecting bees
KW - sex ratios
KW - solitary bees
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U2 - 10.1080/00218839.2020.1717760
DO - 10.1080/00218839.2020.1717760
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85078791119
SN - 0021-8839
VL - 60
SP - 817
EP - 827
JO - Journal of Apicultural Research
JF - Journal of Apicultural Research
IS - 5
ER -