Effect of bait nest position on capture of stingless bee species

Gabriela Puhl  Rodrigues; Miria Teresinha   Puhl Rodrigues; Reginaldo Acylino   de Moura Rodrigues; Jânio Alves  Oliveira; Charles  Kiefer; Lidia Maria   Ruv Carelli Barreto; Denise de Lima  Belisario

Effect of bait nest position on capture of stingless bee species

Autores

Gabriela Puhl Rodrigues

Miria Teresinha Puhl Rodrigues

Reginaldo Acylino de Moura Rodrigues

Jânio Alves Oliveira

Charles Kiefer

Lidia Maria Ruv Carelli Barreto

Denise de Lima Belisario

Editor

Universidade Estadual de Maringá

Descripción

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the position of bait nests on the capture of stingless bee species. The experiment was conducted in the rural area of the municipality of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, from May 2022 to September 2022. Thirty bait nests were distributed in a randomized block design, with two treatments (A: bait nests set up one meter above the ground, and B: bait nests buried in the ground), with 15 replications per treatment. Of treatment B, two baits were nested by jataí (Tetragonisca angustula), and two were nested by Mandaguari-preta (Scaptotrigona postica). Therefore, the position of the bait nest influenced (p < 0.05) the success in capturing stingless bee species, in which treatment B, with baits buried in the ground, was significantly superior to treatment A, with baits set up one meter above the ground.