{"id":1268,"date":"2025-07-04T22:14:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T22:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/free-b.eu\/sobre\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:23:55","slug":"sobre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/free-b.eu\/pt-pt\/sobre\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobre"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Quem e o que \u00e9 FREE-B?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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O cons\u00f3rcio FREE-B reune uma equipa de investigadores de cinco pa\u00edses, unidos pelo desejo comum de aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a abelha mel\u00edfera silvestre, a sua biologia, sanidade, habitat, e mecanismos de sobreviv\u00eancia.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A situa\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A abelha mel\u00edfera, Apis mellifera, \u00e9 um dos principais polinizadores dos ecossistemas na Europa e no mundo, desempenhando um papel crucial na biodiversidade e na seguran\u00e7a alimentar. No entanto, as taxas de mortalidade das col\u00f3nias nos api\u00e1rios t\u00eam atingido valores alarmantes, tendo-se aproximado dos 35% em algumas regi\u00f5es do mundo no per\u00edodo de 2019-2020. Por outro lado, continua a existir um conhecimento muito limitado sobre a distribui\u00e7\u00e3o, densidade e sobreviv\u00eancia das col\u00f3nias silvestres na Europa, cujo estatuto na Lista Vermelha da Uni\u00e3o Internacional de Conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da Natureza, foi recentemente reclassificado como \u201dAmea\u00e7ada\u201d<\/a> nos 27 Estados-Membros da Uni\u00e3o Europeia. <\/p>

O projeto FREE-B tem como objetivo colmatar esta lacuna de conhecimento, explorando a resili\u00eancia das col\u00f3nias silvestres ou de vida livre (FLCs), de forma a aproveitar o seu potencial para desenvolver solu\u00e7\u00f5es transformadoras, baseadas na natureza, para beneficiar o sector ap\u00edcola e n\u00e3o s\u00f3. O termo \u201ccol\u00f3nias silvestres\u201d ou \u201dcol\u00f3nias de vida livre\u201d (abreviadas como FLCs, do ingl\u00eas free-living colonies), refere-se \u00e0s col\u00f3nias que escolheram o local para fazer o seu ninho, seja numa cavidade de uma \u00e1rvore, numa colmeia abandonada, ou em estruturas constru\u00eddas pelos humanos, como chamin\u00e9s, muros, telhados, etc. <\/p>

Os principais objectivos do projeto FREE-B s\u00e3o identificar a distribui\u00e7\u00e3o das FLCs na Europa e compreender os mecanismos envolvidos na sua sobreviv\u00eancia. Para tal, o projeto ir\u00e1 analisar os fatores biol\u00f3gicos, comportamentais, gen\u00e9ticos, patol\u00f3gicos e ambientais que contribuem para a sua resili\u00eancia atrav\u00e9s de seis Pacotes de Trabalho (abreviados como WP, do ingl\u00eas Work Package): <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Descoberta de FLCs na Europa<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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O WP1 ir\u00e1 mapear as FLCs encontradas pelos apicultores e cientistas cidad\u00e3os e atrav\u00e9s de um m\u00e9todo conhecido por \u201dbee-lining\u201d, culminando no desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta online de registo das FLCs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Impactos ambientais nos par\u00e2metros demogr\u00e1ficos cr\u00edticos das FLCs<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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O WP2 ir\u00e1 avaliar o impacto de fatores ambientais (por exemplo, gradiente latitudinal, composi\u00e7\u00e3o da paisagem e clima) nos par\u00e2metros demogr\u00e1ficos cr\u00edticos (tais como taxa de ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o, densidade e sobreviv\u00eancia), atrav\u00e9s de monitoriza\u00e7\u00e3o de campo peri\u00f3dica e padronizada em toda a Europa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Aplica\u00e7\u00e3o de t\u00e9cnicas gen\u00f3micas \u00e0 gest\u00e3o da diversidade da abelha mel\u00edfera<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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O WP3 ir\u00e1 aplicar tecnologias gen\u00f3micas tanto a FCLs como a col\u00f3nias dos api\u00e1rios, com o objetivo de explorar as diferen\u00e7as gen\u00e9ticas entre os dois grupos e compreender a sua rela\u00e7\u00e3o com a sobreviv\u00eancia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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O WP4 ir\u00e1 explorar e compreender o impacto dos factores ambientais, doen\u00e7as e parasitas na sobreviv\u00eancia das FLCs em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com as col\u00f3nias dos api\u00e1rios.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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O WP5 ir\u00e1 implementar uma experi\u00eancia piloto com col\u00f3nias FLCs sobreviventes, compilar uma base de dados de leis e regulamentos relacionados com a gest\u00e3o de FLCs e promover a conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e integra\u00e7\u00e3o de FLCs em v\u00e1rios habitats.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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O WP6 coordena a comunica\u00e7\u00e3o tendo por objetivo aumentar a visibilidade do FREE-B e das FLCs, envolver os apicultores e os cidad\u00e3os, divulgar os resultados do projeto e informar os decisores pol\u00edticos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A equipa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o da Abelha Mel\u00edfera de Galway, Universidade de Galway (Irlanda) | Coordenadora do projeto e l\u00edder do WP 1<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Grace \u00e9 professora de Zoologia e dirige o Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o de Abelhas de Galway com uma equipa de colaboradores, estudantes de doutoramento e p\u00f3s-doutorados. Os seus interesses residem na biologia evolutiva e, em particular, na utiliza\u00e7\u00e3o de dados moleculares para compreender como os organismos se relacionam entre si e o impacto que isso pode ter na conserva\u00e7\u00e3o e na evolu\u00e7\u00e3o das carater\u00edsticas dos organismos. Grace \u00e9 apicultora h\u00e1 12 anos e gere atualmente 15-30 col\u00f3nias. Come\u00e7ou a interessar-se por FLCs em 2015 e, desde ent\u00e3o, tem investigado a sua sobreviv\u00eancia, diversidade e distribui\u00e7\u00e3o. Interessa-se tanto pela conserva\u00e7\u00e3o da abelha negra, Apis mellifera mellifera<\/em>, como pela resili\u00eancia das abelhas n\u00e3o tratadas \u00e0 Varroa e a outros desafios introduzidos pelos humanos. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Joachim \u00e9 professor associado de Entomologia, especializado na sanidade dos insectos, especialmente nos agentes patog\u00e9nicos e nas doen\u00e7as dos insectos ben\u00e9ficos. O seu principal interesse s\u00e3o os v\u00edrus que infetam as abelhas: a sua transmiss\u00e3o, epidemiologia, evolu\u00e7\u00e3o e ecologia adaptativa, e a forma como estes s\u00e3o afetados por factores internos e externos. Estes fatores v\u00e3o desde a r\u00e1pida evolu\u00e7\u00e3o dos v\u00edrus em experi\u00eancias laboratoriais controladas at\u00e9 \u00e0s altera\u00e7\u00f5es a longo prazo ao n\u00edvel da paisagem no habitat das abelhas, ecologia e altera\u00e7\u00f5es clim\u00e1ticas. Joachim \u00e9 apicultor h\u00e1 mais de 25 anos, gerindo atualmente entre 25-50 col\u00f3nias em v\u00e1rios api\u00e1rios em Uppsala, na Su\u00e9cia. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Andrzej \u00e9 um investigador especializado na ecologia de insectos associados a cavidades das \u00e1rvores. A sua investiga\u00e7\u00e3o combina ferramentas moleculares, morfometria e an\u00e1lises ecol\u00f3gicas para investigar a biodiversidade, a estrutura populacional e a conserva\u00e7\u00e3o de insetos saprox\u00edlicos, incluindo a abelha mel\u00edfera. O seu trabalho tem contribu\u00eddo para aprofundar a compreens\u00e3o da introgress\u00e3o gen\u00e9tica na abelha mel\u00edfera, das prefer\u00eancias de hospedeiro em escaravelhos eremitas e o papel ecol\u00f3gico das avenidas rurais como ref\u00fagios e corredores para esp\u00e9cies vulner\u00e1veis. Andrzej participou ainda em estudos sobre a identifica\u00e7\u00e3o de subesp\u00e9cies de abelha mel\u00edfera, gen\u00e9tica populacional e estrat\u00e9gias de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o. Atrav\u00e9s de uma abordagem interdisciplinar, procura avan\u00e7ar avan\u00e7ar o conhecimento das intera\u00e7\u00f5es inseto-planta, bem como apoiar iniciativas de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o eficazes em paisagens fragmentadas. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Alice \u00e9 professora no Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico de Bragan\u00e7a (IPB) e investigadora do Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o de Montanha (CIMO). Dedica-se h\u00e1 mais de 25 anos ao estudo da abelha mel\u00edfera, tendo desenvolvido um interesse particular por esta esp\u00e9cie durante o seu doutoramento, enquanto estudava uma fascinante popula\u00e7\u00e3o de abelhas silvestes que vivia em cavidades de carvalhos num ref\u00fagio de vida selvagem no Texas, EUA. Atualmente, a sua investiga\u00e7\u00e3o centra-se nos processos, tanto naturais como mediados pelos humanos, que moldam os padr\u00f5es de diversidade gen\u00e9tica existentes nas popula\u00e7\u00f5es de abelha mel\u00edfera, com especial incid\u00eancia na compreens\u00e3o da base gen\u00e9tica da adapta\u00e7\u00e3o local em diferentes subesp\u00e9cies. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Steve \u00e9 cofundador e Diretor de Projeto Honey Bee Watch, uma coliga\u00e7\u00e3o global dedicada a compreender como as FLCs sobrevivem atrav\u00e9s da sele\u00e7\u00e3o natural. Al\u00e9m disso, co-produziu a NYC Honey Week, co-fundou o BCN Honey Fest em Barcelona, foi o principal produtor da confer\u00eancia Learning from the Bees em 2019 e faz parte da equipa organizadora da edi\u00e7\u00e3o de 2026, produziu a s\u00e9rie de oradores BEES, DREAMS & MEDICINE e fundou The Ambeessadors. Esta \u00faltima tem como miss\u00e3o ligar a comunidade ap\u00edcola e sensibilizar para a import\u00e2ncia das abelhas e dos polinizadores promovendo a sua valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o atrav\u00e9s da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, da organiza\u00e7\u00e3o de eventos, de programas educativos, das artes e do ativismo. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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