{"id":3390,"date":"2026-07-01T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3390"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:34:58","slug":"vespa-velutina-a-danger-for-pollinators-and-agriculture-not-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/vespa-velutina-a-danger-for-pollinators-and-agriculture-not-for-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa velutina: Um Perigo para Polinizadores e Agricultura, N\u00e3o para Pessoas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Vespa velutina<\/em>, conhecida como vespa asi\u00e1tica, est\u00e1 a espalhar-se rapidamente pela Europa e tamb\u00e9m em <a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/us-is-worrying-for-vespa-velutinas-spread\/\" title=\"\">Estados Unidos<\/a>. Esta esp\u00e9cie invasora representa uma s\u00e9ria amea\u00e7a para <a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/vespa-velutina-a-threat-to-all-pollinators\/\" title=\"\">abelhas e outros polinizadores<\/a>, pois \u00e9 um predador altamente eficaz. Afeta tamb\u00e9m a agricultura, com relatos de danos significativos em uvas e outros frutos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No entanto,\u00a0<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>\u00a0n\u00e3o parece representar um risco particularmente elevado para a sa\u00fade humana. Segundo um estudo recente realizado em Espanha e publicado na\u00a0<em>Revista de Entomologia M\u00e9dica<\/em>, a mortalidade humana associada a picadas de Hymenoptera permaneceu est\u00e1vel ao longo do tempo e n\u00e3o aumentou no per\u00edodo em que\u00a0<em>Vespa velutina<\/em>\u00a0estabeleceu-se.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Embora este vespa pare\u00e7a apresentar apenas um perigo limitado para as pessoas, continua a ser uma amea\u00e7a significativa para os polinizadores, a apicultura, a agricultura e o ambiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir para o artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jme\/article\/63\/2\/tjag039\/8519505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Vespa velutina, a vespa asi\u00e1tica, n\u00e3o parece apresentar um risco particularmente elevado para a sa\u00fade humana. 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