{"id":3601,"date":"2026-08-25T20:12:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3601"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:12:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T20:12:57","slug":"not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Pas seulement des fleurs : n\u00e9crophagie et coprophagie chez les bourdons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les abeilles sont connues pour se nourrir de fleurs et r\u00e9colter du nectar et du pollen. Cependant, les abeilles sociales peuvent \u00e9galement utiliser des ressources non florales telles que des fruits en d\u00e9composition, des champignons et des exsudats, ainsi que des mati\u00e8res f\u00e9cales et de la charogne, comme cela a \u00e9t\u00e9 document\u00e9 en particulier chez les abeilles sans aiguillon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maintenant, une note scientifique publi\u00e9e dans Apidologie rapporte, pour la premi\u00e8re fois, la n\u00e9crophagie et la coprophagie chez les bourdons en Am\u00e9rique du Sud. En \u00c9quateur, des sp\u00e9cimens de&nbsp;<em>Bombus funebris&nbsp;<\/em>ont \u00e9t\u00e9 observ\u00e9s en train de se nourrir de la carcasse dess\u00e9ch\u00e9e de b\u00e9tail et d'excr\u00e9ments de condor des Andes. Un comportement similaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 signal\u00e9 chez certaines esp\u00e8ces de Bombus en Europe, mais jamais auparavant sur le continent am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon les chercheurs, l'utilisation de ressources non florales pourrait \u00e9galement \u00eatre due \u00e0 un manque de sources de pollen disponibles. Des recherches suppl\u00e9mentaires seraient utiles pour \u00e9tudier le comportement alimentaire de cette esp\u00e8ce dans cet environnement particulier.<\/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\/s13592-026-01296-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of\u00a0Bombus funebris\u00a0have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas.<br \/>\nSelon les chercheurs, l'utilisation de ressources non florales pourrait \u00e9galement \u00eatre due \u00e0 un manque de sources de pollen disponibles. Des recherches suppl\u00e9mentaires seraient utiles pour \u00e9tudier le comportement alimentaire de cette esp\u00e8ce dans cet environnement particulier.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3601","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 scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Matteo Giusti\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"APIMONDIA - International Federation of Beekeepers\u00b4 Association\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"836\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apimondiafederation\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@apimondia\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@apimondia\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA\",\"headline\":\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/author\\\/pressapimondia-org\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":836},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Highlights, News\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Highlights\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Highlights\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/category\\\/uncategorized\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Highlights\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"APIMONDIA\",\"description\":\"International Federation of Beekeepers\\u00b4 Association\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/\",\"telephone\":\"+39066852286\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":370,\"height\":370,\"caption\":\"Apimondia logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/apimondiafederation\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/apimondia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/apimondiabees\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@ApimondiaFederation\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/apimondia-federation\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Apimondia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/author\\\/pressapimondia-org\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/author\\\/pressapimondia-org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Matteo Giusti\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/litespeed\\\/avatar\\\/dc87a293c64a8f02ab52eeb54a135d43.jpg?ver=1787306778\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Matteo Giusti\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/\",\"name\":\"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA\",\"description\":\"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/author\\\/pressapimondia-org\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/author\\\/pressapimondia-org\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":836},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/\",\"name\":\"APIMONDIA\",\"description\":\"International Federation of Beekeepers\\u00b4 Association\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/apimondia.org\\\/fra\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA","description":"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#blogposting","name":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA","headline":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/author\/pressapimondia-org\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg","width":1600,"height":836},"datePublished":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00","inLanguage":"fr-FR","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Highlights, News"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Highlights"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Highlights","item":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#listItem","name":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/#listItem","name":"Highlights"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/#organization","name":"APIMONDIA","description":"International Federation of Beekeepers\u00b4 Association","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/","telephone":"+39066852286","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#organizationLogo","width":370,"height":370,"caption":"Apimondia logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apimondiafederation","https:\/\/x.com\/apimondia","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/apimondiabees\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ApimondiaFederation","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/apimondia-federation\/","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apimondia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/author\/pressapimondia-org\/#author","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/author\/pressapimondia-org\/","name":"Matteo Giusti","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/litespeed\/avatar\/dc87a293c64a8f02ab52eeb54a135d43.jpg?ver=1787306778","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Matteo Giusti"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/","name":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA","description":"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.","inLanguage":"fr-FR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/author\/pressapimondia-org\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/author\/pressapimondia-org\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#mainImage","width":1600,"height":836},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/#website","url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/","name":"APIMONDIA","description":"International Federation of Beekeepers\u00b4 Association","inLanguage":"fr-FR","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"fr_FR","og:site_name":"APIMONDIA - International Federation of Beekeepers\u00b4 Association","og:type":"article","og:title":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA","og:description":"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.","og:url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/","og:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg","og:image:width":"1600","og:image:height":"836","article:published_time":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-08-25T20:12:57+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/apimondiafederation","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@apimondia","twitter:title":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees - APIMONDIA","twitter:description":"A scientific note published in Apidologie reports, for the first time, necrophagy and coprophagy in bumble bees in South America. In Ecuador, specimens of Bombus funebris have been observed foraging on the dried carcass of cattle and on Andean condor feces. Similar behaviour has been reported in some Bombus species in Europe, but never before in the Americas. According to the researchers, the use of non-floral resources may also be due to a lack of available pollen sources. Further research would be valuable to investigate the feeding behaviour of this species in this particular environment.","twitter:creator":"@apimondia","twitter:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3601","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Bombus-funebris-by-Peterwchen-Wikipedia.jpg","og_image_width":"1600","og_image_height":"836","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":{"subject":"","preview":"","content":""},"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-08-25 20:12:45","updated":"2026-08-26 00:19:26","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Highlights\">Highlights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tNot Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"Not Only Flowers: Necrophagy and Coprophagy in Bumble Bees","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/not-only-flowers-necrophagy-and-coprophagy-in-bumble-bees\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3603,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3601\/revisions\/3603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}