Monitoramento da Comunidade de Abelhas (Hymenoptera:Apidae) na Área de Influência Direta da Via Expressa Transolímpica.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the fluctuation of the bee community and to carry out its rescue, during the implementation phase of the 23 km of the Expressway Transolímpica also nominated corridor Presidente Tancredo de Almeida Neves (22°52'14.96"S 43°24'36.77"O). The bee community was prospected during the project's implementation activities for winter and spring seasonality. Qualitative and quantitative samplings followed the standard protocol established in CONAMA Resolution No 346/2004 for native and Africanized bees, 34 swarms were rescued for the winter season and 46 for the spring season, where the most abundant species for both seasons was the Tetragonisca angustula it is noteworthy that the rescue of the species Melipona quadrifasciata anthidioides was carried out, several species of bees of the genus Melipona are threatened for the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]