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A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o focou-se na fisiologia retiniana de <em>Bombus terrestris<\/em>, <em>Anthophora quadrimaculata<\/em>, <em>Anthidium manicatum<\/em>, <em>Amegilla murrayensis<\/em> e abelha-mel\u00edfera <em>Apis mellifera<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Os resultados mostraram que os fotorrecetores de ambos os sexos e de todas as esp\u00e9cies apresentam uma resolu\u00e7\u00e3o significativamente melhor do que as abelhas forrageadoras f\u00eameas, com a maior acuidade em ambos os sexos de <em>Amegilla<\/em> e nos machos de <em>Anthophora<\/em> e <em>Anthidium<\/em>. Para al\u00e9m disso <em>Amegilla<\/em>, apesar do pequeno tamanho corporal, apresenta impressionantes limiares de detetabilidade dos fotorrecetores, apenas igualados por zang\u00f5es de abelhas muito maiores, que s\u00e3o especializados em ver objetos pequenos e em movimento r\u00e1pido, tais como as abelhas-rainhas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ler o artigo cient\u00edfico <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2534625123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqui<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Um novo estudo publicado na PNAS comparou a vis\u00e3o de quatro esp\u00e9cies de abelhas com a das abelhas mel\u00edferas. 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Al\u00e9m disso, a Amegilla, apesar do pequeno tamanho corporal, apresenta limiares de detetabilidade dos fotorrecetores impressionantes, igualados apenas por zang\u00f5es de abelhas muito maiores, que est\u00e3o especializados em ver objetos pequenos e em movimento r\u00e1pido, tais como as abelhas-mestras.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study published in PNAS has compared the vision of four bees\u2019 species with honey bees. 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