{"id":2669,"date":"2026-02-13T11:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T11:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:17:12","slug":"wild-honey-bees-declared-endangered-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/wild-honey-bees-declared-endangered-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Abelhas mel\u00edferas selvagens declaradas em perigo de extin\u00e7\u00e3o na Europa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As popula\u00e7\u00f5es de abelhas selvagens na Uni\u00e3o Europeia foram oficialmente classificadas como amea\u00e7adas de extin\u00e7\u00e3o em outubro passado, entrando no <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/42463639\/277757621\" title=\"\">Lista Vermelha da Uni\u00e3o Internacional para a Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da Natureza<\/a><\/strong>. A decis\u00e3o marca um ponto de viragem na forma como os cientistas e os decisores pol\u00edticos encaram a abelha mel\u00edfera ocidental, <em>Apis mellifera<\/em>, O nome da colmeia \u00e9 um dos mais conhecidos, h\u00e1 muito associado principalmente \u00e0s colmeias geridas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante d\u00e9cadas, a aten\u00e7\u00e3o centrou-se nas col\u00f3nias domesticadas tratadas pelos apicultores, especialmente ap\u00f3s as grandes perdas registadas no in\u00edcio da d\u00e9cada de 2000. As popula\u00e7\u00f5es selvagens - col\u00f3nias que vivem e se reproduzem sem interven\u00e7\u00e3o humana - continuaram a ser largamente ignoradas. Em 2020, a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honeybeewatch.com\/\" title=\"\">Observa\u00e7\u00e3o de abelhas<\/a><\/strong> A iniciativa \u201cWild\u201d, em colabora\u00e7\u00e3o com a IUCN, adoptou uma defini\u00e7\u00e3o ecol\u00f3gica de \"selvagem\", identificando col\u00f3nias auto-sustent\u00e1veis e independentes da gest\u00e3o humana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Novos dados mostram que a Europa tem a densidade mais baixa do mundo de col\u00f3nias de abelhas selvagens, com n\u00fameros em decl\u00ednio devido \u00e0 perda de habitat, doen\u00e7as, parasitas e hibrida\u00e7\u00e3o. O estatuto de amea\u00e7ado reconhece as abelhas mel\u00edferas selvagens como fauna aut\u00f3ctone e apela a uma maior prote\u00e7\u00e3o do habitat, ao controlo das doen\u00e7as e \u00e0 investiga\u00e7\u00e3o para salvaguardar um recurso gen\u00e9tico crucial para a resili\u00eancia futura dos ecossistemas e da agricultura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ler o artigo completo <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Wild-honeybees-declared-endangered-in-EU.pdf\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild honeybee populations in the European Union were officially classified as endangered last October, entering the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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