Uso de atrativos para abelhas nativas no Setor de Meliponicultura da UFRPE (Sede)

Abstract

Attention in native bees has been growing rapidly in recent years, largely through the recognition of its importance to the environment since it is one of the main responsible for pollinating native vegetation, along with the interest in demand for products derived from these bees. Like its honey, wax, pollen and geopropolis. It is also important to emphasize the great importance of native bees in agriculture as they can increase the production of various crops. This work aimed to test the use of attractants on native bees located in the meliponary, of the Meliponiculture Sector of the Department of Zootechnics, on the UFRPE campus, located in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, in the Zona da Mata region. The present study was carried out from March to May 2022. Four replications were carried out in different weeks of each month, always in the morning from 08:00 to 12:00 AM, where the arrival time of the first bee in the solution was observed and recorded, number of bees present in each feeder. The arrival time of the bees varied from 8 to 12 minutes, arriving first at the feeder with citral in all repetitions, it was noted that the number of bees present in the feeder with citral (74%) was higher than the number of bees present in the feeder with sugar syrup (26%) and nerol (0%). With this, it is concluded that the use of the citral substance had an attractive effect superior to the other two treatments.