Estudo da agressividade de abelhas africanizadas com e sem alimentação artificial em função da hora do dia no município de Sousa – PB.

Abstract

With the significant growth of beekeeping in our country, there have been many accidents involving the attack of Africanized bees. To evaluate the levei of aggressiveness of Africanized bees fed and not fed artificially according to the time of day, associated with temperatura, it was aimed to determine the best time managemont of hivos in the city of Sousa - PB. The work was performed in the apiary collective Honey Producers Association of St. Joseph of Lake Zoo - APROMEL in the district of Riacho dos Gatos, Sousa - PB. Samples were collected at three times, first in the early morning of 7: 00 to 9: 00 pm, the second early afternoon from 12:00 to 14:00 hours and the third in the afternoon from 15:00 to 17:00. Was observed the Time to first sting to occur in a suede 5 x 5 cm diameter gray color, number of stings left in suede, Weather fury of the bees, number of bees that attack is the suede that prides itself with a string in a cylindrical plastic adaptar, which was closed after 60 seconds and counted the number of bens that attacked. The average time of between 3 and infuriating was 3.4 seconds at a temperature of 38 'C. The time of first occurrence of the sting was inversely proportional to temperatura increases. The average distante of attack was 412.30 t 183.2 meters of persecution. The time to calm the bees was 40.40 t 1 1 .28 minutes. The amount of bees that attackod the natural enemy in time of l minute averaged 59.40 t 37.65 bees.