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Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que les abeilles privil\u00e9giaient les grandes cavit\u00e9s avec de petites entr\u00e9es situ\u00e9es pr\u00e8s du fond du creux, g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement \u00e0 8 \u00e0 10 m\u00e8tres au-dessus du sol. Aucune pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence particuli\u00e8re n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9e concernant la direction de l'entr\u00e9e. Ces caract\u00e9ristiques fournissent probablement une meilleure protection et des conditions de nidification plus appropri\u00e9es.<br>Les chercheurs ont conclu que les cavit\u00e9s d'arbres plus anciennes et naturellement agrandies par les pics peuvent servir d'habitats id\u00e9aux pour les abeilles domestiques sauvages. Ces d\u00e9couvertes pourraient \u00e9galement offrir des id\u00e9es utiles pour la conception de ruches artificielles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aller \u00e0 l'article scientifique<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13592-026-01268-2\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une \u00e9tude men\u00e9e en Allemagne et publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie a examin\u00e9 les cavit\u00e9s d'arbres pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9es par les essaims d'abeilles mellif\u00e8res. Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que les abeilles pr\u00e9f\u00e9raient les cavit\u00e9s plus grandes avec des entr\u00e9es plus petites situ\u00e9es pr\u00e8s du bas de la cavit\u00e9, g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement \u00e0 8 \u00e0 10 m\u00e8tres au-dessus du sol. Aucune pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence sp\u00e9cifique n'a \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9e concernant la direction de l'entr\u00e9e. Ces caract\u00e9ristiques offrent probablement une meilleure protection et des conditions de nidification plus adapt\u00e9es.<br \/>\nLes chercheurs ont conclu que les cavit\u00e9s d'arbres plus anciennes et naturellement agrandies par les pics peuvent servir d'habitats id\u00e9aux pour les abeilles domestiques sauvages. Ces d\u00e9couvertes pourraient \u00e9galement offrir des id\u00e9es utiles pour la conception de ruches artificielles.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3197","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 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A study carried out in Germany and published in Apidologie examined which tree cavities were preferred by honey bee swarms. The results showed that bees favored larger cavities with smaller entrances located near the bottom of the hollow, typically 8\u201310 meters above the ground. No specific preference was found regarding the direction of the entrance. 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