Bees and Other Insects Recorded on Flowering Trees in a Subtropical Araucaria Forest in Southern Brazil

摘要: AbstractFlower visiting insects were monitored on angiosperm trees in an Araucaria forest Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The most abundant flower visitors workers of the introduced honey bee, Apis mellifera, followed by stingless bees which represented 8 species. Together with other bees, they provide main guild foragers flowering trees. bee fauna study area is similar to that regions Mata Atlântica, especially former forests, but also montane coastal rain forests.