{"id":3393,"date":"2026-07-02T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3393"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:12:36","slug":"honey-bees-can-choose-food-contaminated-by-viruses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/honey-bees-can-choose-food-contaminated-by-viruses\/","title":{"rendered":"Abelhas Mel\u00edferas Podem Escolher Alimento Contaminado por V\u00edrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As abelhas podem detetar subst\u00e2ncias espec\u00edficas nas suas fontes de alimento. Por exemplo, elas conseguem <a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/can-honey-bees-learn-to-avoid-pesticides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">detectar a presen\u00e7a de pesticidas<\/a> e evitar consumi-lo. Mas tamb\u00e9m conseguem detetar patog\u00e9nicos?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Um estudo recentemente publicado na revista Biology Letters demonstra que as abelhas conseguem detetar v\u00edrus na sua comida, mas optam frequentemente por consumir alimentos contaminados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Em ensaios em gaiola nos quais as abelhas mel\u00edferas podiam escolher entre xarope de a\u00e7\u00facar puro e xarope contaminado com v\u00edrus como DWV, V\u00edrus da C\u00e9lula Negra da Rainha ou V\u00edrus da Paralisia Cr\u00f3nica das Abelhas, as abelhas preferiram o xarope puro durante o ver\u00e3o. No entanto, no outono, escolheram o xarope contaminado com v\u00edrus significativamente com mais frequ\u00eancia. Em ensaios de campo, o consumo de xarope contaminado foi maior em todas as esta\u00e7\u00f5es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As raz\u00f5es para esta mudan\u00e7a sazonal de comportamento ainda n\u00e3o s\u00e3o claras, mas as descobertas podem ser importantes para a compreens\u00e3o da sa\u00fade da col\u00f3nia e da epidemiologia de doen\u00e7as virais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir para o texto completo <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/royalsocietypublishing.org\/rsbl\/article\/22\/4\/20250630\/481200\/Attraction-versus-avoidance-honeybees-vary-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um estudo recentemente publicado na revista Biology Letters demonstra que as abelhas conseguem detetar v\u00edrus na sua comida, mas optam frequentemente por consumir alimentos contaminados.<br \/>\nIn cage trials in which honey bees could choose between pure sugar syrup and syrup contaminated with viruses such as DWV, Black Queen Cell Virus or Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus, the bees preferred the pure syrup during the summer. 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