{"id":2954,"date":"2026-04-02T19:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:59:12","slug":"wild-bees-are-good-for-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/wild-bees-are-good-for-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Las abejas silvestres son buenas para los tomates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La introducci\u00f3n de abejas manejadas (abejas mel\u00edferas, abejas sin aguij\u00f3n y abejorros) es una estrategia bien documentada para mejorar los servicios de polinizaci\u00f3n en entornos controlados como los invernaderos. Pero, \u00bfqu\u00e9 pasa con las abejas silvestres?<br>Un nuevo estudio realizado en Brasil compar\u00f3 los servicios de polinizaci\u00f3n proporcionados por abejas sin aguij\u00f3n (<em>Melipona quadrifasciata<\/em>) y abejas silvestres en campos abiertos de tomates org\u00e1nicos. Los investigadores evaluaron las comunidades de abejas y los servicios de polinizaci\u00f3n en siete granjas: cuatro con colmenas introducidas de abejas sin aguij\u00f3n y tres sin colmenas.<br>Los resultados mostraron que las abejas sin aguij\u00f3n manejadas no se sienten muy atra\u00eddas por las flores de tomate y que la polinizaci\u00f3n fue realizada principalmente por abejas silvestres.<br>Por lo tanto, conservar y promover los polinizadores silvestres en agroecosistemas org\u00e1nicos, especialmente a trav\u00e9s del manejo de plantas no cultivadas, podr\u00eda ser una estrategia clave para mejorar la producci\u00f3n de cultivos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lea el texto completo del art\u00edculo <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13592-026-01250-y\" title=\"\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un nuevo estudio realizado en Brasil compar\u00f3 los servicios de polinizaci\u00f3n proporcionados por abejas sin aguij\u00f3n (Melipona quadrifasciata) y abejas silvestres en campos abiertos de tomates org\u00e1nicos. Los investigadores evaluaron las comunidades de abejas y los servicios de polinizaci\u00f3n en siete granjas: cuatro con colmenas de abejas sin aguij\u00f3n introducidas y tres sin colmenas.<br \/>\nLos resultados mostraron que las abejas sin aguij\u00f3n manejadas no se sienten muy atra\u00eddas por las flores de tomate y que la polinizaci\u00f3n fue realizada principalmente por abejas silvestres.<br \/>\nPor lo tanto, conservar y promover los polinizadores silvestres en agroecosistemas org\u00e1nicos, especialmente a trav\u00e9s del manejo de plantas no cultivadas, podr\u00eda ser una estrategia clave para mejorar la producci\u00f3n de cultivos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2954","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=\"A new study conducted in Brazil compared the pollination services provided by stingless bees (Melipona quadrifasciata) and wild bees in open fields of organic tomatoes. 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