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The ability to discriminate nestmates from non-nestmates is critical to the success of social insect colonies. Nestmate recognition prevents individuals from being exploited by parasites and food robbers. This recognition is mediated mainly by chemical cues, such as cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), chemical compounds found over the insect body. Here,...
In contrast to extensive investigations on bee cognition, the cognitive capacities of wasps remain largely unexplored despite their key role as pollinators and predators of insect pests. Here we studied learning and memory in the neotropical wasp Mischocyttarus cerberus using a Pavlovian conditioning in which harnessed wasps respond with conditione...
• The tropical stingless bees have evolved intricate communication systems to recruit nestmates to food locations. Some species are able to accurately communicate the location of food, whereas others simply announce the presence of food in the environment.
• Plebeia droryana is a tiny Neotropical stingless bee that, until recently, was thought to...
Comparação entre a eficiência de amostragem de dois tipos de substratos artificiais instalados em córregos do Cerrado Abstract. Comparison of sampling's efficiency of two types of artificial substrates installed in Cerrado's streams. The macroinvertebrate fauna existing in an area can be studied through experiments of colonization. These studies us...
