{"id":3417,"date":"2026-07-09T21:24:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:24:44","slug":"bumble-bees-collect-more-haevy-metals-than-honey-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/bumble-bees-collect-more-haevy-metals-than-honey-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"As Abelhas-Bombus Recolhem Mais Metais Pesados do que as Abelhas Europeias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mesmo no mesmo ambiente, diferentes esp\u00e9cies de abelhas s\u00e3o expostas a metais pesados em diferentes graus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De acordo com um estudo realizado na Universidade de Cambridge e publicado recentemente na Ecological Entomology, as col\u00f3nias de abelh\u00f5es e as col\u00f3nias de abelhas-europeias localizadas na mesma \u00e1rea recolhem diferentes quantidades de contaminantes. Os abelh\u00f5es podem acumular at\u00e9 sete vezes mais metais pesados no p\u00f3len que recolhem e at\u00e9 tr\u00eas vezes mais destes contaminantes nos seus corpos em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com as abelhas-europeias. Esta diferen\u00e7a pode dever-se ao menor raio de procura de alimento dos abelh\u00f5es, o que pode limitar a sua capacidade de evitar \u00e1reas polu\u00eddas, bem como \u00e0 maior quantidade de p\u00ealo nos seus corpos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O estudo real\u00e7a a maior exposi\u00e7\u00e3o dos abelh\u00f5es a estes poluentes. Mas tamb\u00e9m poder\u00e1 ser interessante para diferentes abordagens de biomonitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ir para o texto integral do artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/een.70108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aqui<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mesmo no mesmo ambiente, diferentes esp\u00e9cies de abelhas s\u00e3o expostas a metais pesados em diferentes graus.<br \/>\nDe acordo com um estudo realizado na Universidade de Cambridge e publicado recentemente na Ecological Entomology, as col\u00f3nias de abelh\u00f5es e as col\u00f3nias de abelhas-europeias localizadas na mesma \u00e1rea recolhem diferentes quantidades de contaminantes. Os abelh\u00f5es podem acumular at\u00e9 sete vezes mais metais pesados no p\u00f3len que recolhem e at\u00e9 tr\u00eas vezes mais destes contaminantes nos seus corpos em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com as abelhas-europeias. Esta diferen\u00e7a pode dever-se ao menor raio de procura de alimento dos abelh\u00f5es, o que pode limitar a sua capacidade de evitar \u00e1reas polu\u00eddas, bem como \u00e0 maior quantidade de p\u00ealo nos seus corpos.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3417","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=\"Even in the same environment, different bee species are exposed to heavy metals to different extents. 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