Nutritive value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee- stored pollen in the stingless bee, Scaptotrigona postica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
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2000-01-01
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Fernandes-da-Silva, Pedro Guilherme [UNESP]
Serrão, José Eduardo
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Elsevier B.V.
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In Meliponini bees, pollen is stored inside the hive. We compared the nutritional value and apparent digestibility of bee-collected and bee-stored pollen of Scaptotrigona postica. The results showed no differences in nutritional value and apparent digestibility between bee-collected and bee- stored pollen, suggesting that the storage process of pollen grains do not play a role in these parameters. These results are discussed in relation to other aspects of pollen storage, such as food conservation and/or organoleptic properties of stored pollen.
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Digestion, Hypopharyngeal gland, Meliponini, Pollen, Stingless bee, Pollen, Digestibility, Nutritive value, Bee, Bioassay, Digestion, Food preservation, Hypopharynx, Nonhuman, Nutritional value, Storage
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Apidologie, v. 31, n. 1, p. 39-45, 2000.