{"id":3452,"date":"2026-07-16T22:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2026-07-16T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T22:48:40","slug":"the-gestures-of-bumble-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/prt\/the-gestures-of-bumble-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Os \u201cGestos\u201d das Abelhas Bombus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As abelhas-mam\u00e3o exibem rea\u00e7\u00f5es orofaciais a sabores que refletem avalia\u00e7\u00e3o afetiva. Estes comportamentos s\u00e3o mais do que simples reflexos alimentares ou express\u00f5es de motiva\u00e7\u00e3o; s\u00e3o bastante an\u00e1logos \u00e0s rea\u00e7\u00f5es dos mam\u00edferos ao provar algo que lhes \u00e9 bom ou n\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Um novo estudo realizado em&nbsp;<em>Bombus terrestris&nbsp;<\/em>e publicados nas Actas da Academia Nacional de Ci\u00eancias mostra que as abelhas exibem dois comportamentos espec\u00edficos quando provam algo doce ou amargo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se comerem algo doce, como xarope de a\u00e7\u00facar, esticam as suas l\u00ednguas ap\u00f3s a ingest\u00e3o. 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Se comerem algo amargo ou salgado, abanam a cabe\u00e7a em vez disso.<br \/>\nDe acordo com os investigadores, estas descobertas sugerem que as abelhas-de-barrete podem possuir respostas emocionais relacionadas com o paladar semelhantes \u00e0s observadas noutros animais.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3452","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 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study carried out on Bombus terrestris and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that bumble bees display two specific behaviours when they taste something sweet or bitter. 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