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Foram avaliados par\u00e2metros reprodutivos e nutricionais, incluindo o peso da rainha e dos ov\u00e1rios, o \u00edndice abdominal, m\u00e9tricas de esperma, n\u00edveis de prote\u00edna e o desenvolvimento da cria na primavera das col\u00f3nias. Ap\u00f3s o per\u00edodo de hiberna\u00e7\u00e3o, n\u00e3o foram encontradas diferen\u00e7as significativas nestes par\u00e2metros entre os grupos. Apenas o desenvolvimento da cria foi ligeiramente mais lento nas col\u00f3nias com rainhas armazenadas. A principal quest\u00e3o observada foi a taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia das rainhas armazenadas, que foi significativamente inferior \u00e0 das rainhas n\u00e3o armazenadas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No entanto, a reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o em estufa continua a ser um m\u00e9todo \u00fatil para garantir a disponibilidade eficiente e suficiente de rainhas no in\u00edcio da primavera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mais detalhes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-banks-Safe-for-Quality.pdf\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um estudo canadiano investigou o impacto das rainhas bancadas durante o inverno, utilizando colmeias bem povoadas como bancos de rainhas, cada uma contendo 40 rainhas. 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A principal quest\u00e3o observada foi a taxa de sobreviv\u00eancia das rainhas bancadas, que foi significativamente inferior \u00e0 das rainhas n\u00e3o bancadas.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3015","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 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Canadian study investigated the impact of overwintering banked queens, using well-populated hives as queen banks, each containing 40 queens. Reproductive and nutritional parameters were evaluated, including queen and ovary weight, abdominal index, sperm metrics, protein levels, and the spring brood development of the colonies. 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