{"id":2899,"date":"2026-03-25T21:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2026-03-26T09:24:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:24:45","slug":"vespa-velutina-a-threat-to-all-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/vespa-velutina-a-threat-to-all-pollinators\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina, una amenaza para todos los polinizadores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vespa velutina<\/em> no se alimenta s\u00f3lo de abejas mel\u00edferas. Un estudio franc\u00e9s, publicado en la<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/00379271.2020.1867005\" title=\"\"> Anales de la Sociedad entomol\u00f3gica de Francia<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, analizaron el ADN de los restos de presas hallados en un nido e identificaron m\u00e1s de 159 especies cazadas por el avisp\u00f3n. Las abejas de la miel representaban alrededor de 38% de las presas, mientras que 30% eran moscas y 20% avispas sociales. Los investigadores tambi\u00e9n encontraron otros insectos como himen\u00f3pteros, cole\u00f3pteros, lepid\u00f3pteros y ort\u00f3pteros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Esto significa que el problema no afecta s\u00f3lo a la apicultura, sino a todo el ecosistema y a las producciones agr\u00edcolas. Un reciente art\u00edculo espa\u00f1ol, en el <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0301479725024478\" title=\"\">Revista de Gesti\u00f3n Medioambiental<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, destaca que la propagaci\u00f3n de avispones invasores podr\u00eda suponer un riesgo para los polinizadores y, por tanto, para la cantidad y calidad de los cultivos. El problema se ve agravado por el cambio clim\u00e1tico, que permite que avispones subtropicales como el <em>Vespa velutina<\/em> para extenderse incluso en regiones templadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para ello, ser\u00e1n necesarias estrategias de gesti\u00f3n eficaces que mitiguen estos riesgos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vespa velutina no se alimenta s\u00f3lo de abejas mel\u00edferas que representaron alrededor de 38% de las presas, mientras que 30% fueron moscas y 20% fueron avispas sociales e Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera.<br \/>\nEsto significa que el problema no concierne solo a la apicultura, sino a todo el ecosistema y a las producciones agr\u00edcolas.<br \/>\nla propagaci\u00f3n de avispones invasores podr\u00eda suponer un riesgo para los polinizadores y, por tanto, para la cantidad y calidad de los cultivos. El problema se ve agravado por el cambio clim\u00e1tico, que permite que avispones subtropicales como la Vespa velutina se extiendan incluso a regiones templadas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vespa velutina does not feed only on honey bees that accounted for about 38% of the prey, while 30% were flies and 20% were social wasps and Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera. 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