{"id":3340,"date":"2026-06-17T20:49:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2026-06-17T20:49:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T20:49:48","slug":"apis-dorsata-prefers-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/apis-dorsata-prefers-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Apis dorsata pr\u00e9f\u00e8re le bleu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Apis dorsata<\/em>, l'abeille \u00e0 miel g\u00e9ante originaire d'Asie du Sud-Est, pr\u00e9f\u00e8re la couleur bleue. Selon une \u00e9tude indienne publi\u00e9e dans le Journal of Experimental Biology, cet insecte manifeste une pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence particuli\u00e8re pour les fleurs bleues. En utilisant des fleurs bleues et jaunes artificielles, avec un sirop de sucre comme r\u00e9compense \u00e0 diff\u00e9rentes concentrations, les chercheurs ont observ\u00e9 une pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour les fleurs bleues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cette pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e9tait particuli\u00e8rement \u00e9vidente lorsque la concentration de r\u00e9compense \u00e9tait faible et lorsque les abeilles n'avaient pas d'exp\u00e9rience r\u00e9cente de butinage sur une couleur de fleur sp\u00e9cifique.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce comportement pourrait \u00eatre li\u00e9 \u00e0 une pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence inn\u00e9e pour le bleu et, plus g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, pour les couleurs \u00e0 courtes longueurs d'onde. De plus, la communaut\u00e9 florale dans l'environnement d'\u00e9tude \u00e9tait domin\u00e9e par des fleurs de courte longueur d'onde, ce qui pourrait \u00eatre une autre indication de la s\u00e9lection m\u00e9diatis\u00e9e par les pollinisateurs associ\u00e9e \u00e0 cette pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour le bleu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aller au texte int\u00e9gral de l'article scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.biologists.com\/jeb\/article\/229\/11\/jeb252021\/371882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L'abeille \u00e0 miel g\u00e9ante originaire d'Asie du Sud-Est pr\u00e9f\u00e8re la couleur bleue. Selon une \u00e9tude indienne publi\u00e9e dans le Journal of Experimental Biology, cet insecte montre une pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence sp\u00e9cifique pour les fleurs bleues. 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