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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Aumento do aporte de pÃlen em colÃnias de abelhas Apis mellifera pela induÃÃo do florescimento da jurema preta (Mimosa tenuiflora) durante o perÃodo seco na caatinga do baixo jaguaribe cearense / Increase in pollen contribution in colonies of Apis mellifera bees by induction of flowering of black Jurema ( Mimosa tenuiflora ) during the dry season in the savanna low jaguaribe CearÃ

Aline dos Santos Silva 15 March 2013 (has links)
FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / This study aimed to investigate the possibility of inducing blooming by Mimosa tenuiflora, a plant species of common occurrence and abundance in Caatinga (shrub vegetation of NE Brazil), in order to provide pollen for honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the dry season, as well as to evaluate the use or not of this resource by bees, besides studying the floral biology of this plant species and its flower visitors. The experiment was carried out at ApiÃrio Altamira ApÃcola in the county of Limoeiro do Norte, state of CearÃ, Brazil, from August to December 2012. Fifteen plants were chosen and split into five groups of treatments to receive different levels of water (T1 = 0 L, T2 = 250 L, T3 = 500 L, T4 = 750L and T5 = 1,000 L) to investigate the beginning, peak and decline of the blooming stages. In order to collect pollen samples, ten apiaries were selected, each one with twelve colonies of Africanized honey bees. The apiaries were split in two treatments in a way that the five apiaries of Treatment 1 were at distances greater than 3 km to the sites where M. tenuiflora plants were induced to bloom, while apiaries of Treatment 2 were only 20 m away of the blooming plants. Three colonies out of the twelve present in each apiary were randomly chosen to receive pollen collectors, totalizing fifteen colonies with collector per treatment. Pollen samples were collected at 7:30h and 17:30h, three days before the blooming of M. tenuiflora and then three days during the flowering period. The results showed that on the first day of blooming â which is equivalent to the eighth day after flowering induction â, only plants submitted to treatments 3, 4 and 5 presented blooming, and the largest number of inflorescences was obtained in T5 â 1.000 L, which differed significantly (p<0.05) to the other treatments. Apis mellifera began to collect resources at 5:00h and stopped at 7:00h, collecting only pollen. The other flower visitors were Trigona spinipes, Melipona subnitida and some wasps, but in a lower frequency of visitation. Pollen analysis showed that M. tenuiflora contributed 59.16% in the pollen diet of bees from colonies of Treatment 2 and only 9.81% in the colonies of Treatment 1. Thus, we concluded that M. tenuiflora is a species that, once in bloom, increases the offer and collection of pollen by bees during the dearth period of the year, exempting the use of alternative protein feeds. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to conserve and increase the number of M. tenuiflora plants in places where beekeeping is practiced. / O presente trabalho teve por objetivo investigar a possibilidade de induzir o florescimento de uma espÃcie vegetal, jurema preta (Mimosa tenuiflora), de ocorrÃncia comum e abundante na caatinga visando disponibilizar pÃlen para a abelha melÃfera (Apis mellifera) no perÃodo de estiagem, bem como avaliar o uso ou nÃo deste recurso pelas abelhas, alÃm de estudar a biologia floral desta espÃcie vegetal e os visitantes florais. O experimento foi realizado no ApiÃrio Altamira ApÃcola, no municÃpio de Limoeiro do Norte â CearÃ, no perÃodo de agosto a dezembro de 2012. Quinze plantas foram escolhidas e divididas em cinco tratamentos para receberem diferentes nÃveis de Ãgua (T1 = 0 L, T2 = 250 L, T3 = 500 L, T4 = 750 L e T5 = 1.000 L) para o conhecimento do inÃcio, pico e declÃnio do florescimento. As coletas das amostras de pÃlen foram realizadas em dez nÃcleos selecionados, cada um com doze colÃnias de abelhas africanizadas. Os nÃcleos foram divididos em dois tratamentos de forma que os cinco nÃcleos do Tratamento 1 encontravam-se em distÃncia superior a 3 km dos locais onde houve a induÃÃo das plantas de jurema preta, enquanto que os nÃcleos do Tratamento 2 estavam a apenas 20 m de distÃncia. Das doze colmeias que havia em cada nÃcleo, trÃs foram sorteadas ao acaso para receberem coletores de pÃlen, totalizando quinze colÃnias com coletor por tratamento. As amostras de pÃlen foram coletadas as 7:30h e as 17:30h, durante trÃs dias antes do inÃcio do florescimento da jurema preta e trÃs dias durante o perÃodo de florescimento. Os resultados mostraram que no primeiro dia de florescimento, que equivale ao oitavo dia apÃs a induÃÃo, apenas as plantas submetidas aos tratamentos 3, 4 e 5 apresentaram florescimento, sendo que a maior quantidade de inflorescÃncias foi contabilizada no T5 â 1.000 L, que diferiu significativamente (p<0,05) dos demais tratamentos. Foi observado que as abelhas Apis mellifera iniciaram a coleta de recursos Ãs 5h, cessando Ãs 7h, coletando apenas pÃlen. Os outros visitantes florais foram Trigona spinipes, Melipona subnitida, e alguns vespÃdeos, porÃm em menor frequÃncia de visitaÃÃo. As anÃlises palinolÃgicas mostraram que a jurema preta teve participaÃÃo de 59,16% na dieta das abelhas das colÃnias do Tratamento 2 e apenas 9,81% nas colÃnias do Tratamento 1. Conclui-se que a Mimosa tenuiflora à uma espÃcie que, uma vez em florescimento, aumenta a oferta e coleta de pÃlen pelas abelhas no perÃodo crÃtico do ano, dispensando o uso de alternativas alimentares proteicas. Portanto, à de fundamental importÃncia a conservaÃÃo e aumento do nÃmero de plantas dessa espÃcie nos locais onde hà exploraÃÃo apÃcola.
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Sociocultural Risk Factors of Non-Insulin Diabetes Mellitus Among Middle Class African Americans in Central Ohio

Robinson, Jacquelyn Patricia Price 19 March 2003 (has links)
No description available.

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