The natural population of bees of the earth (Melipona beecheii) and their flora in the valley San Andrés

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Katiuska Ravelo Pimentel
Fernando Ramón Hernández Martínez
Iván Paneque Torres
Luisa Elena Toledo Peña
Hilda Gutiérrez Hernández

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The relationship of the natural population of bees of the earth is evaluated (Melipona beecheii) and its flora in the valley San Andrés, to inclination observations and samplings carried out in the formations studied vegetable. The melliferous plants and their use like tree of the nest of Melipona beecheii were studied for each one of the vegetable formations of the valley San Andrés, the indexes of diversity and their relationship were also analyzed with the values of density of colonies. It was determined that the density of colonies of bees of the earth is directly related with the wealth and diversity of species of melliferous plants found in the study area. He was also proven that the arboreal species more used as tree of the nest they are: Bursera simaruba, Guazuma ulmifolia, Psidium guajava, Mangifera indica and Roystonea regia.

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Ravelo Pimentel, K., Hernández Martínez, F. R., Paneque Torres, I., Toledo Peña, L. E., & Gutiérrez Hernández, H. (2014). The natural population of bees of the earth (Melipona beecheii) and their flora in the valley San Andrés. Cuban Journal of Forest Science, 2(1), 21–34. Retrieved from https://cfores.upr.edu.cu/index.php/cfores/article/view/83
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