{"id":3579,"date":"2026-08-19T22:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2026-08-19T22:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:10:34","slug":"what-is-the-best-cell-cup-size-for-queens-and-royal-jelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/what-is-the-best-cell-cup-size-for-queens-and-royal-jelly\/","title":{"rendered":"Quelle est la meilleure taille de cupule pour les reines et la gel\u00e9e royale ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Une \u00e9tude r\u00e9cente men\u00e9e au N\u00e9pal et publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie a \u00e9valu\u00e9 la taille optimale des cupules alv\u00e9olaires pour l'\u00e9levage des reines et la production de gel\u00e9e royale. Les chercheurs ont compar\u00e9 des cupules de diff\u00e9rents diam\u00e8tres (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 et 12 mm), toutes de la m\u00eame hauteur (10 mm). Ils ont mesur\u00e9 le taux d'acceptation des greffes, le rendement en gel\u00e9e royale et la taille des reines. Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que 9 mm \u00e9tait la taille optimale pour l'acceptation des greffes et les performances des reines, tandis que 10 mm \u00e9tait la meilleure pour la production de gel\u00e9e royale.<\/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\/s13592-026-01283-3\" 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 N\u00e9pal et publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie a \u00e9valu\u00e9 la taille optimale des cupules alv\u00e9olaires pour l'\u00e9levage des reines et la production de gel\u00e9e royale. Les chercheurs ont compar\u00e9 des cupules de diff\u00e9rents diam\u00e8tres (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 et 12 mm), toutes de la m\u00eame hauteur (10 mm). Ils ont mesur\u00e9 le taux d'acceptation des greffes, le rendement en gel\u00e9e royale et la taille des reines. Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que 9 mm \u00e9tait la taille optimale pour l'acceptation des greffes et les performances des reines, tandis que 10 mm \u00e9tait la meilleure pour la production de gel\u00e9e royale.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3579","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 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A recent study conducted in Nepal and published in Apidologie assessed the optimal size of cell cups for both rearing queen bees and producing royal jelly.Researchers compared cell cups with different diameters (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 mm), all with the same height (10 mm). 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