| [the use of different methods to sample the bee fauna (hymenoptera: apoidea), a study in the mixed temperate rainforest in santa catarina state]. | a survey of the bee fauna of araucaria forest was performed in the border of a fragment in the district of porto união, in santa catarina state. samples were carried on monthly between october/2005 and october/2006 with hand nets directly on the flowers, besides three types of traps: chemical baits, trap nests and pantraps. a total of 1711 bees were captured belonging to 164 species, distributed in five families of bees that occur in brazil. from the total 1339 bees of 130 species were sampled w ... | 2008 | 18641897 |
| genetic characterization of the mite varroa destructor (acari: varroidae) collected from honey bees apis mellifera (hymenoptera, apidae) in the state of santa catarina, brazil. | the mite varroa destructor is an ectoparasite that is considered a major pest for beekeeping with european honey bees. however, africanized bee colonies are less threatened by this ectoparasite, because infestation levels remain low in these bees. the low reproductive ability of female mites of the japanese biotype (j), introduced to brazil early in the 1970s was initially considered the main factor for the lack of virulence of this parasite on africanized bees. in other regions of the world whe ... | 2009 | 19731219 |