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La investigaci\u00f3n se centr\u00f3 en la fisiolog\u00eda retiniana de <em>Bombus terrestris<\/em>, <em>Anthophora quadrimaculata<\/em>, <em>Anthidium manicatum<\/em>, <em>Amegilla murrayensis<\/em> y abeja mel\u00edfera <em>Apis mellifera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los resultados mostraron que los fotorreceptores de ambos sexos y de todas las especies muestran una resoluci\u00f3n significativamente mejor que la de las abejas obreras forrajeras, con la mayor agudeza en ambos sexos de <em>Amegilla<\/em> y en los machos de <em>Anthophora<\/em> y <em>Anthidium<\/em>. Adem\u00e1s <em>Amegilla<\/em>, a pesar de su peque\u00f1o tama\u00f1o corporal, muestra impresionantes umbrales de detectabilidad de fotorreceptores, igualados solo por los z\u00e1nganos de abejas mel\u00edferas, mucho m\u00e1s grandes, que est\u00e1n especializados en ver objetos peque\u00f1os y de r\u00e1pido movimiento, como las abejas reinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lea el art\u00edculo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2534625123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study published in PNAS has compared the vision of four bees\u2019 species with honey bees. The research focused on the retinal physiology of Bombus terrestris, Anthophora quadrimaculata, Anthidium manicatum, Amegilla murrayensis and honey bee Apis mellifera.<br \/>\nResults showed that photoreceptors of both sexes and all species show significantly better resolution than female forager honeybees, with highest acuity in both sexes of Amegilla and in males of Anthophora and Anthidium. In addition Amegilla, despite small body size, shows impressive photoreceptor detectability thresholds, matched only by much larger honeybee drones, which are specilized to see small and rapid moving objects, such us the queen bees.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","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 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study published in PNAS has compared the vision of four bees\u2019 species with honey bees. The research focused on the retinal physiology of Bombus terrestris, Anthophora quadrimaculata, Anthidium manicatum, Amegilla murrayensis and honey bee Apis mellifera. 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