Frequência de visitas de abelhas africanizadas (apis mellifera l.) Em flores de chanana (turnera ulmifolia l.).

Abstract

The objectivo ofthis research was to evaluate the frequency of visits of bees in Chanana flowers (tumera ulmifolia.) Naturally occurring. The work was conducted at the Centre for Science and Agrifood Technology, Federal University of Campina Grande, Campus de Pombal (CCTA / UFCG) in three viewing áreas, one in ftilly shaded área, the other in partially shaded área and a third fillly exposed área the sun. Were you identiB' plant species Tumera L. ulmifolia known popularly as chanana, dominant in these three áreas sampled, and observed the frequency of visits of AfHcanized bens (Após mellifera L.), and the number of flowers per unit área, the floral feature collected by bees and the collection time, the opening hours and closing of flowers. During the period ítom 1 5 to 22 April 2015 the observations were made, between the hours of 6:00 to 1 1:00 am on non-consecutivo days, noting is also the precipitation and temperatura data observed days. AfHcanized bees visit the flowers of Chanana early in the moming between 7:00 and 09:00 am, both for collecting pollen and nectar. Planta exposed to the sun fülly present anthesis earlier than are plants partially and ftilly shaded, but are the Hlrst to submit senescence. The largest number of flowers is found in Chanana plants fülly exposed to the sun.