Bees in Rio Grande do Sul
- Brazil Dra. Betina Blochtein *
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Faculdade de Biociências / Instituto do Meio Ambiente
PUCRS University
30.000 Students
Porto Alegre
São Francisco de Paula
(field station)
Rio Grande do Sul
- South Brazil
- High diversity of ecossystems
- South limit of distribution of many species
Works about Bees in Rio Grande do Sul
- Initiated in 1983
(Dr. Dieter Wittmann – with the contribution of
Pe.Moure, Prof.Camargo, Danuncia Urban, Vera Imperatriz and many
others...)
- Producted about 25 master and doctoral thesis
- Major lines of investigation:
= bees life history
= relationships bees x flowers
= conservation (red list of the threatened fauna of the RS )
= management of stingless bees
Bees of Rio Grande do Sul
- Beekeeping Manual Nov-2005
(Conservation and Management of Stingless Bees of Rio Grande do Sul)
Book in prep.
“Stingless bees species
of Rio Grande do Sul”
Since 1990 - Data base related to the Bee Collection (Microsoft Access)
Species register
Data base related to the Bee Collection - (Microsoft Access)
Localities register
Data base related to the Bee Collection - (Microsoft Access)
Plant species (Herbarium)
Data base related to the Bee Collection - (Microsoft Access)
Main table
Pollen
reference
collection
of 500
plant
species
Data base related to the Bee Collection - (Microsoft Access)
13.000 samples
800 species
(many morphospecies)
It has about 15.000
individuals to be included
in the data base!
UV Needs V U
- People to curadory and feed the data base
- Taxonomists
- Support for studies on pollination of the main
regional crops
UV Thank you V U