{"id":3291,"date":"2026-06-05T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:16:28","slug":"bees-for-pumpkin-pollination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/bees-for-pumpkin-pollination\/","title":{"rendered":"Abeilles pour la pollinisation des citrouilles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C'est la saison des citrouilles : dans l'h\u00e9misph\u00e8re Nord pour la plantation, tandis que dans l'h\u00e9misph\u00e8re Sud pour la r\u00e9colte. Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente men\u00e9e au Br\u00e9sil et publi\u00e9e dans *Arthropod-Plant Interactions* souligne l'importance des abeilles dans la pollinisation des plants de citrouilles, en particulier de l'esp\u00e8ce\u00a0<em>Cucurbita moschata<\/em>. Selon les r\u00e9sultats, les principaux pollinisateurs dans la r\u00e9gion semi-aride du nord-est du Br\u00e9sil \u00e9taient\u00a0<em>Apis mellifera<\/em>\u00a0et\u00a0<em>Trigona spinipes<\/em>. L'activit\u00e9 de ces abeilles a positivement influenc\u00e9 la nouaison, le poids et la qualit\u00e9 des fruits, tout en am\u00e9liorant leur potentiel antioxydant. L'\u00e9tude apporte une preuve suppl\u00e9mentaire du r\u00f4le crucial que jouent les abeilles dans la pollinisation des cultures et la productivit\u00e9 agricole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Lisez le document scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11829-025-10211-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente men\u00e9e au Br\u00e9sil et publi\u00e9e dans *Arthropod-Plant Interactions* met en lumi\u00e8re l'importance des abeilles dans la pollinisation des plants de citrouille, en particulier l'esp\u00e8ce *Cucurbita moschata*. Selon les r\u00e9sultats, les principaux pollinisateurs dans la r\u00e9gion semi-aride du nord-est du Br\u00e9sil \u00e9taient *Apis mellifera* et *Trigona spinipes*. L'activit\u00e9 de ces abeilles a influenc\u00e9 positivement la nouaison, le poids et la qualit\u00e9 des fruits, tout en am\u00e9liorant leur potentiel antioxydant. L'\u00e9tude apporte une nouvelle preuve du r\u00f4le crucial que jouent les abeilles dans la pollinisation des cultures et la productivit\u00e9 agricole.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3291","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 recent study conducted in Brazil and published in Arthropod-Plant Interactions highlights the importance of bees in the pollination of pumpkin plants, especially the species Cucurbita moschata. According to the results, the main pollinators in the semi-arid region of northeastern Brazil were Apis mellifera and Trigona spinipes. 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