Table 3 Bees known by the informants of Sítio Xixá, state of Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
From: Do emotions influence the motivations and preferences of keepers of stingless bees?
Species | Taxonomy (tribe) | Previous occurrence in the statea | Local name | Citation frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apis mellifera | Apini | Yes | Abelha italiana | 100.0 |
Abelha africana | 88.5 | |||
Frieseomelitta doederleini | Meliponini | Yes | Moça-branca | 63.5 |
Frieseomelitta dispar | Meliponini | No | Mané-de-abreu | 57.7 |
Geotrigona sp. | Meliponini | No | Mumbuca ou Munguba | 50.0 |
Melipona scutellaris | Meliponini | Yes | Uruçu boca-de-renda | 100.0 |
Uruçu boca-de-furo | 92.3 | |||
Melipona sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Mandaçaia | 7.7 |
Melipona subnitida | Meliponini | Yes | Jandaíra ou Uruçu-mirim | 100.0 |
Partamona sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Cupira | 78.8 |
Plebeia sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Abelha-mosquito verdadeira | 100.0 |
Abelha-mosquito pequena | 90.4 | |||
Scaptotrigona sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Abelha-canudo | 53.8 |
Scaptotrigona aff. Tubiba | Meliponini | Yes | Tubiba | 75.0 |
Tetragonisca angustula | Meliponini | Yes | Jati | 100.0 |
Trigona sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Boca-rasa | 67.3 |
Trigona sp. | Meliponini | Yes | Cu-de-vaca | 21.1 |
Trigona spinipes | Meliponini | Yes | Aripuá | 96.1 |
Unidentified | Uruçu-preta | 15.4 | ||
Total | 15 | 19 |