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La recherche s'est concentr\u00e9e sur la physiologie r\u00e9tinienne de <em>Bourdon terrestre<\/em>, <em>Anthophora quadrimaculata<\/em>, <em>Anthidium manicatum<\/em>, <em>Amegilla murrayensis<\/em> et abeille mellif\u00e8re <em>Apis mellifera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les r\u00e9sultats ont montr\u00e9 que les photor\u00e9cepteurs des deux sexes et de toutes les esp\u00e8ces pr\u00e9sentent une r\u00e9solution nettement sup\u00e9rieure \u00e0 celle des ouvri\u00e8res buteuses d'abeilles domestiques, avec une acuit\u00e9 maximale chez les deux sexes de <em>Amegilla<\/em> et chez les m\u00e2les de <em>Anthophora<\/em> et <em>Anthidium<\/em>. En plus <em>Amegilla<\/em>, malgr\u00e9 sa petite taille corporelle, pr\u00e9sente des seuils de d\u00e9tectabilit\u00e9 des photor\u00e9cepteurs impressionnants, \u00e9gal\u00e9s seulement par les faux-bourdons beaucoup plus grands, qui sont sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s pour voir des objets petits et en mouvement rapide, tels que les reines des abeilles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lisez le document scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2534625123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ici<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study published in PNAS has compared the vision of four bees\u2019 species with honey bees. The research focused on the retinal physiology of Bombus terrestris, Anthophora quadrimaculata, Anthidium manicatum, Amegilla murrayensis and honey bee Apis mellifera.<br \/>\nResults showed that photoreceptors of both sexes and all species show significantly better resolution than female forager honeybees, with highest acuity in both sexes of Amegilla and in males of Anthophora and Anthidium. In addition Amegilla, despite small body size, shows impressive photoreceptor detectability thresholds, matched only by much larger honeybee drones, which are specilized to see small and rapid moving objects, such us the queen bees.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","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 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study published in PNAS has compared the vision of four bees\u2019 species with honey bees. The research focused on the retinal physiology of Bombus terrestris, Anthophora quadrimaculata, Anthidium manicatum, Amegilla murrayensis and honey bee Apis mellifera. 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