| Grant number: | 11/23374-8 |
| Support type: | Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International |
| Duration: | February 23, 2012 - March 21, 2012 |
| Field of knowledge: | Biological Sciences - Zoology - Animal Behavior |
| Principal researcher: | Fábio Santos do Nascimento |
| Grantee: | Fábio Santos do Nascimento |
| Visiting researcher: | Francis Ratnieks |
| Visiting researcher institution: | University of Sussex (US), England |
| Home Institution: | Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 10/10027-5 - Behavioural mediation, chemical signalisation and physiological aspects regulating the social organization in hymenopterans, AP.JP |
Abstract
With several hundred species, the stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest group of highly eusocial bees. As their name suggests, a distinctive feature of the stingless bees is the evolutionary loss of the sting. However, stingless bees are not defenceless and show many adaptations to defence against parasites and predators.The aim of this project is to study the alternative strategies that Tetragonisca angustula uses as nest defense. (AU)
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