A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee C Grüter, C Menezes, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca, FLW Ratnieks Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (4), 1182-1186, 2012 | 111 | 2012 |
Bees for development: Brazilian survey reveals how to optimize stingless beekeeping R Jaffé, N Pope, AT Carvalho, UM Maia, B Blochtein, CAL de Carvalho, ... PloS one 10 (3), e0121157, 2015 | 104 | 2015 |
Gender identification of five genera of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) based on wing morphology TM Francoy, RAO Silva, P Nunes-Silva, C Menezes, ... Genetics and molecular research 8 (1), 207-214, 2009 | 77 | 2009 |
A Brazilian social bee must cultivate fungus to survive C Menezes, A Vollet-Neto, AJ Marsaioli, D Zampieri, IC Fontoura, ... Current Biology 25 (21), 2851-2855, 2015 | 58 | 2015 |
Intra-populational variability of Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier 1836 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) using relative warps analysis MFM Mendes, TM Francoy, P Nunes-Silva, C Menezes, ... Bioscience journal 23, 2007 | 58 | 2007 |
Meliponicultura no Brasil: situação atual e perspectivas futuras para o uso na polinização agrícola GC Venturieri, DA Alves, JK Villas-Bôas, CAL Carvalho, C Menezes, ... Contribuição e perspectivas para a biodiversidade, uso sustentável …, 2012 | 50 | 2012 |
Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees C Grüter, FHID Segers, C Menezes, A Vollet-Neto, T Falcón, L von Zuben, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 1-8, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
The role of useful microorganisms to stingless bees and stingless beekeeping C Menezes, A Vollet-Neto, FAFL Contrera, GC Venturieri, ... Pot-Honey, 153-171, 2013 | 44 | 2013 |
Seasonal availability of floral resources and ambient temperature shape stingless bee foraging behavior (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis) KP Aleixo, C Menezes, VLI Fonseca, CI da Silva Apidologie 48 (1), 117-127, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
Pollination by sexual mimicry in Mormolyca ringens: a floral chemistry that remarkably matches the pheromones of virgin queens of Scaptotrigona sp. A Flach, AJ Marsaioli, RB Singer, EA Maria Do Carmo, C Menezes, ... Journal of Chemical Ecology 32 (1), 59-70, 2006 | 38 | 2006 |
New horizons on stingless beekeeping (apidae, Meliponini). FAL Contrera, C Menezes, GC Venturieri Embrapa Amazônia Oriental-Artigo em periódico indexado (ALICE), 2011 | 37 | 2011 |
The role of wax and resin in the nestmate recognition system of a stingless bee, Tetragonisca angustula SM Jones, JS van Zweden, C Grüter, C Menezes, DA Alves, ... Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66 (1), 1-12, 2012 | 36 | 2012 |
Anthropogenic disturbance of tropical forests threatens pollination services to açaí palm in the Amazon river delta AJ Campbell, LG Carvalheiro, MM Maués, R Jaffé, TC Giannini, ... Journal of Applied Ecology 55 (4), 1725-1736, 2018 | 32 | 2018 |
Stingless bee larvae require fungal steroid to pupate CR Paludo, C Menezes, EA Silva-Junior, A Vollet-Neto, ... Scientific reports 8 (1), 1-10, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
An advance in the in vitro rearing of stingless bee queens C Menezes, A Vollet-Neto, VLI Fonseca Apidologie 44 (5), 491-500, 2013 | 31 | 2013 |
Soldier production in a stingless bee depends on rearing location and nurse behaviour FHID Segers, C Menezes, A Vollet-Neto, D Lambert, C Grüter Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69 (4), 613-623, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
Trap-nests for stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) RC Oliveira, C Menezes, AEE Soares, VLI Fonseca Apidologie 44 (1), 29-37, 2013 | 30 | 2013 |
Soldiers in a stingless bee: work rate and task repertoire suggest they are an elite force B Hammel, A Vollet-Neto, C Menezes, FS Nascimento, W Engels, ... The American Naturalist 187 (1), 120-129, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
First discovery of a rare polygyne colony in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata (Apidae, Meliponini) DA Alves, C Menezes, VL Imperatriz-Fonseca, T Wenseleers Apidologie 42 (2), 211-213, 2011 | 26 | 2011 |
Competição entre abelhas durante forrageamento em Schefflera arboricola (Hayata). C Menezes, CI da Silva, RB Singer, WE Kerr Bioscience Journal 23, 2007 | 26 | 2007 |