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Mais qu'en est-il des abeilles sauvages ?<br>Une nouvelle \u00e9tude men\u00e9e au Br\u00e9sil a compar\u00e9 les services de pollinisation assur\u00e9s par les abeilles sans dard (<em>Melipona quadrifasciata<\/em>) et les abeilles sauvages dans les champs ouverts de tomates biologiques. Les chercheurs ont \u00e9valu\u00e9 les communaut\u00e9s d'abeilles et les services de pollinisation sur sept exploitations : quatre avec des ruches d'abeilles sans aguillons introduites et trois sans ruches.<br>Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que les m\u00e9lipones g\u00e9r\u00e9es ne sont pas tr\u00e8s attir\u00e9es par les fleurs de tomate, et que la pollinisation \u00e9tait principalement assur\u00e9e par les abeilles sauvages.<br>Par cons\u00e9quent, la conservation et la promotion des pollinisateurs sauvages dans les agro\u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes biologiques \u2013 notamment par la gestion des plantes non cultiv\u00e9es \u2013 pourraient \u00eatre une strat\u00e9gie cl\u00e9 pour am\u00e9liorer la production des cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lire le texte int\u00e9gral de l'article <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13592-026-01250-y\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une nouvelle \u00e9tude men\u00e9e au Br\u00e9sil a compar\u00e9 les services de pollinisation fournis par les abeilles sans aiguillon (Melipona quadrifasciata) et les abeilles sauvages dans des champs de tomates biologiques. Les chercheurs ont \u00e9valu\u00e9 les communaut\u00e9s d'abeilles et les services de pollinisation dans sept exploitations : quatre avec des ruches d'abeilles sans aiguillon introduites et trois sans ruches.<br \/>\nLes r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que les m\u00e9lipones g\u00e9r\u00e9es ne sont pas tr\u00e8s attir\u00e9es par les fleurs de tomate, et que la pollinisation \u00e9tait principalement assur\u00e9e par les abeilles sauvages.<br \/>\nPar cons\u00e9quent, la conservation et la promotion des pollinisateurs sauvages dans les agro\u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes biologiques \u2013 notamment par la gestion des plantes non cultiv\u00e9es \u2013 pourraient \u00eatre une strat\u00e9gie cl\u00e9 pour am\u00e9liorer la production des cultures.<\/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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