{"id":53249,"date":"2026-05-26T12:39:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/?p=53249"},"modified":"2026-06-11T12:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:45:14","slug":"saving-bees-means-saving-microbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/saving-bees-means-saving-microbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi sauver les abeilles, c'est sauver les microbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-eirmppd-71d14c614c0b4616dd7d191f2a0b67b8 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-53249'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9rp1c3-8cd8f759879900b4289037938cc841e6\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rp1c3-8cd8f759879900b4289037938cc841e6 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rp1c3-8cd8f759879900b4289037938cc841e6 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9rp1c3-8cd8f759879900b4289037938cc841e6 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-53250 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-53250 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_SpreadingPetriDishes_LaurelJarvis.jpg' alt='A biologist with a blue rubber glove on, spreads bacteria onto a Petri dish with a yellow plastic stick with a circle on the end. The petri dish is filled with yellow agar, and is next to another petri dish, darker brown in colour.' title='WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_SpreadingPetriDishes_LaurelJarvis'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9rpk23-9fadb5b1e973a9f3b1482ba181de3cf3\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-mq9rpk23-9fadb5b1e973a9f3b1482ba181de3cf3{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-mq9rpk23-9fadb5b1e973a9f3b1482ba181de3cf3 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-mq9rpk23-9fadb5b1e973a9f3b1482ba181de3cf3 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-mq9rpk23-9fadb5b1e973a9f3b1482ba181de3cf3 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Pourquoi sauver les abeilles, c'est aussi sauver leurs microbes<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-dvdlcu9-7889cc472904c73f90053bbd89c1d8be\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-dvdlcu9-7889cc472904c73f90053bbd89c1d8be{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-dvdlcu9-7889cc472904c73f90053bbd89c1d8be .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-dvdlcu9-7889cc472904c73f90053bbd89c1d8be av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >26 mai, 2026<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-name\" >Christine Macpherson<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/bumble-bee-recovery\/\" >R\u00e9tablissement des bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" >Les bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/native-pollinator-initiative\/\" >Initiative pour les pollinisateurs indig\u00e8nes<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-c7191wh-b44aff2b31a40aefe6656396d9d197ba main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-53249'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-brtoou9-545d37c13d4942efce2d63e32f0d4673\">\n.flex_column.av-brtoou9-545d37c13d4942efce2d63e32f0d4673{\npadding:25px 25px 25px 25px;\nbackground-color:#f8fbf4;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-brtoou9-545d37c13d4942efce2d63e32f0d4673 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  light-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rrvke-0e11678c61dc224868c6288cf6f58547'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Qu'est-ce que le Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des bourdons?<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depuis les ann\u00e9es 1990, le nombre de bourdons a chut\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on spectaculaire, ce qui repr\u00e9sente un d\u00e9sastre \u00e9cologique. Ici, \u00e0 Conservation de la faune au Canada, nous travaillons \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir la disparition des esp\u00e8ces de bourdons en p\u00e9ril en les surveillant \u00e0 l'\u00e9tat sauvage, en les \u00e9levant pour les rel\u00e2cher dans notre laboratoire de conservation en Ontario, et en \u00e9tudiant leurs excr\u00e9ments pour y trouver des parasites ! Nous organisons m\u00eame des \u00e9v\u00e9nements sp\u00e9ciaux de science citoyenne \u00e0 travers la province pour suivre la taille des populations, localiser les populations en d\u00e9clin et offrir des programmes de formation pratiques dans le but d'\u00e9largir nos efforts \u00e0 travers le Canada. Nous sommes la seule organisation au pays \u00e0 travailler \u00e0 r\u00e9tablir les populations de bourdons en p\u00e9ril gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'\u00e9levage de conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-b7glnoh-43b2863c6c0794ac1bda813996b39ed2 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rsbc0-9a49c48a1376a29ba3a56ddae8ca3b52'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nous vivons dans un monde microbien. Quand on regarde autour de nous, on voit les acteurs \u00e9vidents : les animaux, les plantes et les champignons. Mais ce que <strong>nos yeux nous montrent n'est qu'une fraction de la v\u00e9ritable histoire. Cette histoire commence avec les formes de vie les plus anciennes et les plus fondamentales de la Terre : les microbes.<\/strong> Ces minuscules organismes habitent presque tous les recoins de la plan\u00e8te et accomplissent des fonctions essentielles, comme produire l'oxyg\u00e8ne que nous respirons, d\u00e9composer des substances chimiques nocives, et m\u00eame dig\u00e9rer notre nourriture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Les bact\u00e9ries sont partout, et au fil de l'\u00e9volution, de nombreuses plantes et de nombreux animaux ont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 des relations symbiotiques \u00e9troites avec elles. Les bourdons en sont un excellent exemple, y compris les esp\u00e8ces que Pr\u00e9servation de la faune Canada s'efforce de prot\u00e9ger dans le cadre de son Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des bourdons. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comme les <strong>abeilles sociales vivent en contact extr\u00eamement rapproch\u00e9 et maintiennent des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations qui se chevauchent, les microbes qui vivent sur leur corps et dans leur intestin se transmettent facilement<\/strong> et ont pu \u00e9voluer \u00e0 leurs c\u00f4t\u00e9s pendant des millions d'ann\u00e9es. Leur relation a commenc\u00e9 simplement : les abeilles offraient de la nourriture et de la protection aux microbes; en retour, ceux-ci contribuaient \u00e0 la digestion, \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense immunitaire et \u00e0 la d\u00e9toxification des abeilles. Avec le temps, les g\u00e8nes responsables de fonctions que l'un ou l'autre des partenaires pouvait assumer seul sont devenus redondants et inutiles \u00e0 leur survie. Chaque partenaire a donc perdu ce que l'autre pouvait lui fournir, formant ainsi une unit\u00e9 fonctionnelle interd\u00e9pendante.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-anoanj5-46ced730995edf63a7d08a6f696ab0ca av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9rsp1s-8e51208fe0f60b27359ef3a27dc53c4e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rsp1s-8e51208fe0f60b27359ef3a27dc53c4e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rsp1s-8e51208fe0f60b27359ef3a27dc53c4e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9rsp1s-8e51208fe0f60b27359ef3a27dc53c4e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-53251 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-53251 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_BeesTube_ChristineMacpherson.jpg' alt='A black and yellow fuzzy bumble bee sits on top of a plastic vial with a blue lid. Inside the vial is another bumble bee.' title='WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_BeesTube_ChristineMacpherson'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-ahngl0h-c5290d4c045595fb8648b5e4671b9dc4\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-ahngl0h-c5290d4c045595fb8648b5e4671b9dc4{\nheight:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-ahngl0h-c5290d4c045595fb8648b5e4671b9dc4 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rtc5s-92e0db7f38374f3d575f2f49e24349b7'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deux bourdons sur le terrain. Photo : C. Macpherson.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-a1vy76p-8d0b39fb38539de83c5f9cf86e8ec67d av_one_full  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rtomd-9860701d7edd02ea08d317051515dc31'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aujourd'hui, ces <strong>relations ancestrales sont tendues<\/strong>, avec des cons\u00e9quences qui se r\u00e9percutent sur la sant\u00e9 des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire humaine. Des facteurs de stress modernes, comme les pesticides, les antibiotiques et l'apiculture ax\u00e9e sur l'hygi\u00e8ne, peuvent d\u00e9truire involontairement les microbes intestinaux b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques. Une fois ces partenaires microbiens perdus, les abeilles ont souvent du mal \u00e0 les retrouver. La recherche d\u00e9montre que lorsque les abeilles manquent de microbes b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques, elles ont du mal \u00e0 dig\u00e9rer leur nourriture, \u00e0 d\u00e9toxifier les substances chimiques et \u00e0 combattre les infections. Ces constats soul\u00e8vent une question importante :<\/span> <strong>le d\u00e9clin g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9 des abeilles, les \u00e9closions inhabituelles de maladies et les effondrements myst\u00e9rieux de colonies que l'on observe aujourd'hui pourraient-ils \u00eatre les sympt\u00f4mes d'un probl\u00e8me plus profond \u2014 l'\u00e9rosion des communaut\u00e9s microbiennes dont d\u00e9pendent les abeilles?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-9fcc3c1-b0ab686031fd51329f5298f6c18f9624 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9rvbgg-c2630521800a54336f73cd6bf59f4d3b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rvbgg-c2630521800a54336f73cd6bf59f4d3b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9rvbgg-c2630521800a54336f73cd6bf59f4d3b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9rvbgg-c2630521800a54336f73cd6bf59f4d3b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-16  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-53252 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-53252 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_ChristineMacphersoninLabSide_LaurelJarvis.jpg' alt='' title='WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_ChristineMacphersoninLabSide_LaurelJarvis'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8zhwon5-9e9e6971cbbabd17ed6536a85a763f4e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-8zhwon5-9e9e6971cbbabd17ed6536a85a763f4e{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-8zhwon5-9e9e6971cbbabd17ed6536a85a763f4e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rvzyj-3913aa92c36e8e1f429c868fbedeedff'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine au laboratoire. Photo : L. Jarvis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-8jk9ja9-66609bd21f3a6dce618317a16ff49614 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rx62r-7a3379eb41f36fc010f3adaebbac6efa'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Nos recherches \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Guelph sugg\u00e8rent que la r\u00e9ponse est oui. Nous avons r\u00e9alis\u00e9 la premi\u00e8re analyse mondiale des microbes des bourdons et d\u00e9couvert que les abeilles expos\u00e9es \u00e0 des facteurs de stress humains \u00ab manquent de microbes \u00bb. Les abeilles stress\u00e9es h\u00e9bergent 253 % moins de groupes microbiens et pr\u00e9sentent des communaut\u00e9s moins interconnect\u00e9es que leurs homologues sauvages en bonne sant\u00e9. En examinant plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment les abeilles en p\u00e9ril \u00e9lev\u00e9es dans le cadre du programme de conservation de CFC, nous avons constat\u00e9 des niveaux alarmants de <em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lactobacillus<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, l'une des <strong>bact\u00e9ries les plus b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques pour la sant\u00e9 des abeilles<\/strong>. Une mauvaise nouvelle, n'est-ce pas? Eh bien, voici le bon c\u00f4t\u00e9 des choses : maintenant que nous comprenons le probl\u00e8me, nous pouvons commencer \u00e0 trouver des solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-7vl5flt-c9de5eeeefb0ff697b0bd8d246753e6e av_one_full  avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9s3fgy-63b0b64a48a2bb453b35f436b528eeb4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9s3fgy-63b0b64a48a2bb453b35f436b528eeb4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9s3fgy-63b0b64a48a2bb453b35f436b528eeb4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9s3fgy-63b0b64a48a2bb453b35f436b528eeb4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-22  avia-builder-el-no-sibling'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-53255 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-53255 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_Yeast_SarahVancuren.jpg' alt='' title='WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_Yeast_SarahVancuren'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-s12l4x-221bba0269f4f32fda16bb2a878134f9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-s12l4x-221bba0269f4f32fda16bb2a878134f9{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-s12l4x-221bba0269f4f32fda16bb2a878134f9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9s4jmk-8fa4ef9a47838e0370c3132343b9465c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microscopie de levures. Photo : S. Vancuren.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='flex_column av-78o52n5-c08d5b0300ec8cb39f4619ce323001b5 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9s4vxd-a2bdbdf7ef734ac728d3b7c6a7c8d79c'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notre grande question est alors devenue : <strong>pouvons-nous \u00ab r\u00e9-ensauvager \u00bb ces communaut\u00e9s microbiennes appauvries pour am\u00e9liorer la sant\u00e9 des pollinisateurs?<\/strong> Les donn\u00e9es provenant d'autres esp\u00e8ces d'abeilles sugg\u00e8rent que oui. Des \u00e9tudes men\u00e9es sur les abeilles domestiques d\u00e9montrent que l'ajout de bact\u00e9ries b\u00e9n\u00e9fiques (probiotiques) aux colonies peut am\u00e9liorer leur long\u00e9vit\u00e9, leur production de couvain et leur r\u00e9sistance aux agents pathog\u00e8nes. Notre plan, qui s'appuie sur ces d\u00e9couvertes, consiste \u00e0 isoler des esp\u00e8ces de <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lactobacillus<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directement chez des bourdons en voie de disparition en faisant cro\u00eetre les bact\u00e9ries sur des bo\u00eetes de Petri. Nous caract\u00e9risons ensuite ces microbes en laboratoire en d\u00e9terminant quels g\u00e8nes ils portent et quels traits ils expriment, avant de r\u00e9introduire le meilleur candidat dans les colonies de bourdons. Enfin, nous mesurons l'impact de la suppl\u00e9mentation en <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lactobacillus<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sur des indicateurs de sant\u00e9 de la colonie, comme la masse totale et le nombre de cellules de couvain, ainsi que sur des traits individuels comme la r\u00e9sistance aux agents pathog\u00e8nes intestinaux.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-6o8wvpd-3a60b3a097e34cee32f677605c486ca1 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9s5c6x-5d43ac106cea75e567c3fef6a2ba81ac\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9s5c6x-5d43ac106cea75e567c3fef6a2ba81ac img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9s5c6x-5d43ac106cea75e567c3fef6a2ba81ac .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9s5c6x-5d43ac106cea75e567c3fef6a2ba81ac av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-28  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-53254 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-53254 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_ChristineMacphersoninLabFront_LaurelJarvis.jpg' alt='A picture from above a lab bench covered in tubes and glassware. The biologist stands in front of this lab bench, wearing a white coat and blue rubber gloves as well as safety glasses. She is writing in a lab book.' title='WhySavingBeesMeansSavingMicrobes_ChristineMacphersoninLabFront_LaurelJarvis'  height=\"738\" width=\"1019\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-65uspup-481f0acffa1b800aafcd02f5d81f5bf1\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-65uspup-481f0acffa1b800aafcd02f5d81f5bf1{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-65uspup-481f0acffa1b800aafcd02f5d81f5bf1 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-5loqlmp-427122532de25c8a2fdc7d56477bb487'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine au laboratoire. Photo : L. Jarvis.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9s5qjk-c601d78dfb25c6453e853ac9cdc97b91'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ce travail sur les probiotiques ne repr\u00e9sente qu'un morceau du grand casse-t\u00eate de \u00ab l'intendance du microbiome \u00bb, un effort strat\u00e9gique visant \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger et \u00e0 g\u00e9rer les communaut\u00e9s microbiennes essentielles \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes et des humains. Tout comme Conservation de la faune au Canada refuse l'extinction des esp\u00e8ces animales en p\u00e9ril, nous pouvons faire de m\u00eame pour les microbes dont ces animaux d\u00e9pendent. <strong>\u00c0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Guelph, nous \u00ab biobanquons \u00bb \u00e9galement des microbes rares<\/strong> (un peu comme une banque de semences, mais pour les bact\u00e9ries), afin d'avoir des copies de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 au cas o\u00f9 ils dispara\u00eetraient un jour \u00e0 l'\u00e9tat sauvage. Nous d\u00e9veloppons aussi une plateforme permettant de d\u00e9pister les pesticides et autres substances chimiques pour d\u00e9tecter leurs effets antimicrobiens involontaires, afin de ne jamais perdre ces microbes en premier lieu. Nous esp\u00e9rons que nos recherches contribueront \u00e0 orienter la restauration durable et le maintien des partenariats microbiens, au b\u00e9n\u00e9fice du bien-\u00eatre animal, de la r\u00e9silience des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La prochaine fois que vous regarderez le monde qui vous entoure, essayez de le voir \u00e0 travers une lentille microbienne. Il y a tellement plus \u00e0 d\u00e9couvrir que ce que l'\u0153il per\u00e7oit ; il suffit de savoir o\u00f9 regarder.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-iucald-2b09fb06174b6ddb7de8b7d50f16add6\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-iucald-2b09fb06174b6ddb7de8b7d50f16add6{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-iucald-2b09fb06174b6ddb7de8b7d50f16add6 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-4o9uf0h-ae97913006b47f9c89b0ccd3b54355b4 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-53249'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4a5e8e9-e7696960a256960c0f39aa7ad54f1d23 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-34  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  author-section first flex_column_div'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9rxpru-35dc7c4e1545ac4bd1cf5de46b3c99d7'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Christine Macpherson<\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Collaboratrice scientifique \u2013 Programme de r\u00e9tablissement des bourdons<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine est une conservationniste passionn\u00e9e et candidate au doctorat qui collabore avec Conservation de la faune au Canada dans le cadre de son projet de r\u00e9tablissement des bourdons. Ses recherches \u00e0 l'Universit\u00e9 de Guelph portent sur l'am\u00e9lioration de la sant\u00e9 des pollinisateurs gr\u00e2ce au d\u00e9veloppement d'outils microbiens, notamment des probiotiques et une plateforme d'\u00e9valuation in vitro de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des pesticides. Inspir\u00e9e par une fascination du monde naturel, elle cherche \u00e0 traduire l'\u00e9cologie microbienne en strat\u00e9gies concr\u00e8tes de conservation. En dehors de ses recherches, Christine est <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">une passionn\u00e9e du canot-camping, une mentor aupr\u00e8s des \u00e9tudiants et une artiste sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la faune sauvage.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mq9ry2dr-c092be607bf82869394d1dde9189aa9b\">\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9ry2dr-c092be607bf82869394d1dde9189aa9b img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-mq9ry2dr-c092be607bf82869394d1dde9189aa9b .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-mq9ry2dr-c092be607bf82869394d1dde9189aa9b av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-36  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  author-pic'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img 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class='av-alb-blogposts template-blog  blog-home'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Blog\" ><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-53322 post-loop-1 post-parity-odd single-big with-slider post-53322 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bumble-bee-recovery category-news-and-events project-native-pollinator-initiative specific-species-bumble-bees\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: Fieldwork forays\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/fieldwork-forays\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Fieldwork forays\">S'aventurer sur le terrain<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/bumble-bee-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9tablissement des bourdons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" rel=\"tag\">Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/native-pollinator-initiative\/\" rel=\"tag\">Initiative pour les pollinisateurs indig\u00e8nes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" rel=\"tag\">Les bourdons<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/header><span class=\"av-vertical-delimiter\"><\/span><div class=\"big-preview single-big\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/fieldwork-forays\/\"  title=\"Reformatage de photo de blog - FieldworkForays_GoldBumbleBees_AnnikaWilcox\" ><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"492\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FieldworkForays_GoldandBlackBumbleBee_AnnikaWilcox_Thumbnail-492x423.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-53325 avia-img-lazy-loading-53325 attachment-entry_without_sidebar size-entry_without_sidebar wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"entry-content\"  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/fieldwork-forays\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class='more-link-arrow avia-svg-icon avia-font-svg_entypo-fontello' data-av_svg_icon='right-open-big' data-av_iconset='svg_entypo-fontello'><svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"15\" height=\"32\" viewbox=\"0 0 15 32\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" role=\"graphics-symbol\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M0.416 27.84l11.456-11.84-11.456-11.904q-0.832-0.832 0-1.536 0.832-0.832 1.536 0l12.544 12.608q0.768 0.832 0 1.6l-12.544 12.608q-0.704 0.832-1.536 0-0.832-0.704 0-1.536z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><span class=\"post-meta-infos\"><time class=\"date-container minor-meta updated\"  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2026-06-16T17:37:56-05:00\" >16 juin 2026<\/time><span class=\"text-sep\">\/<\/span><span class=\"blog-author minor-meta\">par <span class=\"entry-author-link\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/catwoodurand\/\" rel=\"author\">Catherine Woo-Durand<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer><div class='post_delimiter'><\/div><\/div><div class=\"post_author_timeline\"><\/div><span class='hidden'>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FieldworkForays_GoldandBlackBumbleBee_AnnikaWilcox_Thumbnail.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='height'>492<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='width'>492<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"publisher\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='name'>Catherine Woo-Durand<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype='https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span itemprop='url'>https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/WPC_Frn-scaled.jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><span itemprop='name'>Catherine Woo-Durand<\/span><\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"datePublished\" datetime=\"2026-06-16T17:37:56-05:00\" >2026-06-16 17:37:56<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"dateModified\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/dateModified\" >2026-06-30 15:49:53<\/span><span class='av-structured-data'  itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/mainEntityOfPage\" ><span itemprop='name'>S'aventurer sur le terrain<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/article><article class=\"post-entry post-entry-type-standard post-entry-53249 post-loop-2 post-parity-even single-big with-slider post-53249 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bumble-bee-recovery category-news-and-events project-native-pollinator-initiative specific-species-bumble-bees\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" ><div class=\"blog-meta\"><\/div><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix standard-content'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Post: Why saving bees means saving microbes\"><div class=\"av-heading-wrapper\"><h2 class='post-title entry-title'  itemprop=\"headline\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/saving-bees-means-saving-microbes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent Link: Why saving bees means saving microbes\">Pourquoi sauver les abeilles, c'est sauver les microbes<span class=\"post-format-icon minor-meta\"><\/span><\/a><\/h2><span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/bumble-bee-recovery\/\" rel=\"tag\">R\u00e9tablissement des bourdons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" rel=\"tag\">Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/native-pollinator-initiative\/\" rel=\"tag\">Initiative pour les pollinisateurs indig\u00e8nes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" rel=\"tag\">Les 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