{"id":3417,"date":"2026-07-09T21:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:44","slug":"bumble-bees-collect-more-haevy-metals-than-honey-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/esp\/bumble-bees-collect-more-haevy-metals-than-honey-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Las abejas recolectan m\u00e1s metales pesados que las abejas mel\u00edferas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incluso en el mismo entorno, diferentes especies de abejas est\u00e1n expuestas a metales pesados en diferentes grados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan un estudio realizado en la Universidad de Cambridge y publicado recientemente en Ecological Entomology, las colonias de abejorros y las colonias de abejas mel\u00edferas ubicadas en la misma zona recogen diferentes cantidades de contaminantes. Los abejorros pueden acumular hasta siete veces m\u00e1s metales pesados en el polen que recolectan y hasta tres veces m\u00e1s de estos contaminantes en sus cuerpos en comparaci\u00f3n con las abejas mel\u00edferas. Esta diferencia podr\u00eda deberse al menor radio de b\u00fasqueda de alimento de los abejorros, lo que puede limitar su capacidad para evitar zonas contaminadas, as\u00ed como a la mayor cantidad de pelo en sus cuerpos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El estudio destaca la mayor exposici\u00f3n de los abejorros a estos contaminantes. Pero tambi\u00e9n podr\u00eda ser interesante para diferentes enfoques de biomonitorizaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir al texto completo del art\u00edculo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/een.70108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incluso en el mismo entorno, diferentes especies de abejas est\u00e1n expuestas a metales pesados en diferentes grados.<br \/>\nSeg\u00fan un estudio realizado en la Universidad de Cambridge y publicado recientemente en Ecological Entomology, las colonias de abejorros y las colonias de abejas mel\u00edferas ubicadas en la misma zona recogen diferentes cantidades de contaminantes. Los abejorros pueden acumular hasta siete veces m\u00e1s metales pesados en el polen que recolectan y hasta tres veces m\u00e1s de estos contaminantes en sus cuerpos en comparaci\u00f3n con las abejas mel\u00edferas. Esta diferencia podr\u00eda deberse al menor radio de b\u00fasqueda de alimento de los abejorros, lo que puede limitar su capacidad para evitar zonas contaminadas, as\u00ed como a la mayor cantidad de pelo en sus cuerpos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3417","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=\"Even in the same environment, different bee species are exposed to heavy metals to different extents. 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