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h-index: 26
Works: 69
Citations: 2,059

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Bees for Development: Brazilian Survey Reveals How to Optimize Stingless Beekeeping
R. Jaffé, N. Pope, A. Carvalho, U. M. Maia +8 more
2015PLoS ONE205 citations Open access
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A morphologically specialized soldier caste improves colony defense in a neotropical eusocial bee
C. Grüter, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, F. Ratnieks
2012Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America153 citations Open access
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Stingless Bee Larvae Require Fungal Steroid to Pupate
C. R. Paludo, C. Menezes, E. A. Silva-Junior, Ayrton Vollet-Neto +8 more
2018Scientific Reports116 citations Open access
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Repeated evolution of soldier sub-castes suggests parasitism drives social complexity in stingless bees
C. Grüter, F. Segers, C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto +5 more
2017Nature Communications108 citations Open access
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A Brazilian social bee must cultivate fungus to survive.
C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, A. Marsaioli, D. Zampieri +3 more
2015Current Biology106 citations Open access
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Seasonal availability of floral resources and ambient temperature shape stingless bee foraging behavior (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis)
Kátia P Aleixo, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz Fonseca, C. I. Silva
2017Apidologie99 citations Open access
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Stingless bees and microbial interactions.
Gabriela Toninato de Paula, C. Menezes, M. Pupo, C. Rosa
2020Current Opinion in Insect Science87 citations
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Anthropogenic disturbance of tropical forests threatens pollination services to acai palm in the Amazon river delta
A. Campbell, L. Carvalheiro, M. Maués, R. Jaffé +4 more
201887 citations
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The Role of Useful Microorganisms to Stingless Bees and Stingless Beekeeping
C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, F. Contrera, G. Venturieri +1 more
201385 citations Open access
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Gender identification of five genera of stingless bees (Apidae, Meliponini) based on wing morphology.
T. Francoy, R. O. Silva, P. Nunes-Silva, C. Menezes +1 more
2009Genetics and Molecular Research73 citations Open access
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Stingless bee honey (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini): a review of quality control, chemical profile, and biological potential
E. C. A. Souza, C. Menezes, A. Flach
202157 citations Open access
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Intra-populational variability of Nannotrigona testaceicornis Lepeletier 1836 (Hymenoptera, Meliponini) using relative warps analysis
Marcelo Mendes, T. Francoy, P. Nunes-Silva, C. Menezes +1 more
200750 citations
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Recent advances in reproductive biology of stingless bees
A. Vollet-Neto, S. Koffler, C. D. dos Santos, C. Menezes +4 more
2018Insectes Sociaux49 citations
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An advance in the in vitro rearing of stingless bee queens
C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, V. L. Fonseca
2013Apidologie48 citations Open access
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Trap-nests for stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Meliponini)
R. Oliveira, C. Menezes, A. E. Soares, V. L. Fonseca
2012Apidologie44 citations Open access
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Soldiers in a Stingless Bee
Benedikt Hammel, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, C. Menezes, F. Nascimento +2 more
2016American Naturalist42 citations
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The role of wax and resin in the nestmate recognition system of a stingless bee, Tetragonisca angustula
Sam M. Jones, J. V. van Zweden, C. Grüter, C. Menezes +5 more
2011Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology42 citations Open access
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Behavioural and developmental responses of a stingless bee (Scaptotrigona depilis) to nest overheating
Ayrton Vollet-Neto, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca
2015Apidologie41 citations Open access
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New horizons on stingless beekeeping (apidae, Meliponini).
F. Contrera, C. Menezes, G. Venturieri
201141 citations
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Microbial community modulates growth of symbiotic fungus required for stingless bee metamorphosis
C. R. Paludo, G. Pishchany, Andrés Andrade-Domínguez, E. A. Silva-Junior +6 more
2019PLoS ONE39 citations Open access
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High bee functional diversity buffers crop pollination services against Amazon deforestation
A. Campbell, E. Lichtenberg, L. Carvalheiro, C. Menezes +8 more
2022Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment38 citations Open access
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The bigger, the smaller: relationship between body size and food stores in the stingless bee Melipona flavolineata
J. Veiga, C. Menezes, G. Venturieri, F. Contrera
2013Apidologie37 citations Open access
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Pollination by Sexual Mimicry in Mormolyca ringens: A Floral Chemistry that Remarkably Matches the Pheromones of Virgin Queens of Scaptotrigona sp.
A. Flach, A. Marsaioli, R. Singer, M. Amaral +4 more
2006Journal of Chemical Ecology37 citations
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Soldier production in a stingless bee depends on rearing location and nurse behaviour
F. Segers, C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, D. Lambert +1 more
2015Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology35 citations
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Pollen Loads of Flower Visitors to Açaí Palm (Euterpe oleracea) and Implications for Management of Pollination Services
L. A. Bezerra, A. Campbell, T. Brito, C. Menezes +1 more
2020Neotropical Entomology32 citations
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Beyond temporal-polyethism: division of labor in the eusocial bee Melipona marginata
S. Mateus, M. J. Ferreira-Caliman, C. Menezes, C. Grüter
2019Insectes Sociaux30 citations Open access
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Newly emerged workers of the stingless bee Scaptotrigona aff. depilis prefer stored pollen to fresh pollen
Ayrton Vollet-Neto, C. Maia-Silva, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca
2017Apidologie22 citations Open access
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Worker longevity in an Amazonian Melipona (Apidae, Meliponini) species: effects of season and age at foraging onset
Rafael Leandro Corrêa Gomes, C. Menezes, F. Contrera
2015Apidologie20 citations Open access
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Further evidences of an emerging stingless bee-yeast symbiosis
Gabriela Toninato de Paula, Weilan Gomes da Paixão Melo, Ivan De Castro, C. Menezes +3 more
2023bioRxiv19 citations Open access
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First discovery of a rare polygyne colony in the stingless bee Meliponaquadrifasciata (Apidae, Meliponini)
D. A. Alves, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, T. Wenseleers
2011Apidologie19 citations Open access
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Infestation by Pyemotes tritici (Acari, Pyemotidae) causes death of stingless bee colonies (Hymenoptera: Meliponina).
C. Menezes, A. Coletto-Silva, G. S. Gazêta, W. E. Kerr
2009Genetics and Molecular Research18 citations Open access
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Congregation Sites and Sleeping Roost of Male Stingless Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
C. D. dos Santos, C. Menezes, Ayrton Vollet-Neto, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca
201417 citations Open access
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Stingless Bees: Chemical Differences and Potential Functions in Nannotrigona testaceicornis and Plebeia droryana Males and Workers
Adriana Pianaro, C. Menezes, W. E. Kerr, R. Singer +2 more
2009Journal of Chemical Ecology17 citations
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Temporal Variation in Honey Production by the Stingless Bee Melipona subnitida (Hymenoptera: Apidae): Long-Term Management Reveals Its Potential as a Commercial Species in Northeastern Brazil
S. Koffler, C. Menezes, P. Menezes, Astrid de Matos Peixoto Kleinert +3 more
2015Journal of Economic Entomology16 citations
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A method for harvesting unfermented pollen from stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
C. Menezes, A. Vollet, V. L. Fonseca
201216 citations
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Factors influencing survival duration and choice of virgin queens in the stingless bee Melipona quadrifasciata
M. Kärcher, C. Menezes, D. A. Alves, Oliver S. Beveridge +2 more
2013Die Naturwissenschaften14 citations
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Brood production increases when artificial heating is provided to colonies of stingless bees
Ayrton Vollet-Neto, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca
201113 citations
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Selective isolation of agents of chromoblastomycosis from insect-associated environmental sources.
B. J. F. de Souza Lima, M. F. Voidaleski, R. R. Gomes, Gheniffer Fornari +11 more
2020Fungal Biology12 citations
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Forest conservation maximises açaí palm pollination services and yield in the Brazilian Amazon
A. Campbell, F. D. da Silva e Silva, M. Maués, K. Leão +6 more
2023Journal of Applied Ecology10 citations Open access
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Insights into the role of age and social interactions on the sexual attractiveness of queens in an eusocial bee, Melipona flavolineata (Apidae, Meliponini)
J. Veiga, C. Menezes, F. Contrera
2017SCIENCE NATURE10 citations
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A Review of the Artificial Diets Used as Pot-Pollen Substitutes
C. Menezes, C. R. Paludo, M. Pupo
20189 citations
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A scientific note on diploid males in a reproductive event of a eusocial bee
Charles F. Santos, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz-Fonseca, M. C. Arias
2013Apidologie9 citations Open access
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The Life Histories of the "Uruçu Amarela" Males (Melipona flavolineata, Apidae, Meliponini)
J. Veiga, K. Leão, B. W. Coelho, A. C. D. de Queiroz +2 more
2018Sociobiology6 citations Open access
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Correlated expression of phenotypic and extended phenotypic traits across stingless bee species: worker eye morphology, foraging behaviour, and nest entrance architecture
F. Segers, C. Grüter, C. Menezes, S. Mateus +1 more
2022Journal of Apicultural Research5 citations Open access
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Queens remate despite traumatic mating in stingless bees
J. Veiga, Gustavo R. S. Ruiz, G. Carvalho-Zilse, C. Menezes +1 more
2021Current Zoology5 citations Open access
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A mixed colony of Scaptotrigona depilis and Nannotrigona testaceicornis (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponina).
C. Menezes, M. Hrncir, W. E. Kerr
2009Genetics and Molecular Research5 citations Open access
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Soy extract as protein replacement to feed Melipona flavolineata Friese (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini)
J. C. Teixeira, A. C. Queiroz, J. Veiga, K. Leão +6 more
2020Journal of Apicultural Research4 citations
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Stingless Bees Fed on Fermented Soybean-extract-based Diet Had Reduced Lifespan than Pollen-Fed Workers
A. C. Queiroz, K. Leão, F. Contrera, J. C. Teixeira +1 more
2019Sociobiology3 citations Open access
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Molecular Characterization of Acute Bee Paralysis Virus (ABPV) and Black Queen Cell Virus (BQCV) in Honeybees (Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) from the Campinas Region
M. Nogueira, C. Malossi, Maria Frediani, D. Pereira +3 more
2024Sociobiology2 citations Open access
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Seasonal availability of floral resources and ambient temperature shape stingless bee foraging behavior (Scaptotrigona aff. depilis)
Kátia P Aleixo, C. Menezes, V. Imperatriz Fonseca, Cláudia Inês da Silva
2016Apidologie2 citations Open access
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