{"id":3390,"date":"2026-07-01T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:34:58","slug":"vespa-velutina-a-danger-for-pollinators-and-agriculture-not-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/vespa-velutina-a-danger-for-pollinators-and-agriculture-not-for-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina: Un peligro para los polinizadores y la agricultura, no para las personas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vespa velutina<\/em>, com\u00fanmente conocida como avispa asi\u00e1tica, se est\u00e1 propagando r\u00e1pidamente por Europa y tambi\u00e9n en <a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/us-is-worrying-for-vespa-velutinas-spread\/\" title=\"\">Estados Unidos<\/a>. Esta especie invasora representa una grave amenaza para <a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/vespa-velutina-a-threat-to-all-pollinators\/\" title=\"\">abejas mel\u00edferas y otros polinizadores<\/a>, ya que es un depredador muy eficaz. Tambi\u00e9n afecta a la agricultura, con informes de da\u00f1os significativos a uvas y frutas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sin embargo,\u00a0<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>\u00a0no parece representar un riesgo particularmente alto para la salud humana. Seg\u00fan un estudio reciente realizado en Espa\u00f1a y publicado en la\u00a0<em>Revista de Entomolog\u00eda M\u00e9dica<\/em>, la mortalidad humana asociada a las picaduras de Hymenoptera se mantuvo estable en el tiempo y no aument\u00f3 durante el per\u00edodo en el que\u00a0<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>\u00a0se estableci\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunque esta avispa parece presentar solo un peligro limitado para las personas, sigue siendo una amenaza importante para los polinizadores, la apicultura, la agricultura y el medio ambiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir al art\u00edculo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jme\/article\/63\/2\/tjag039\/8519505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vespa velutina, the yellow-legged hornet, does not appear to pose a particularly high risk to human health. 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