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ArticleVeterinary sciences2025

Honeybee Sentience: Scientific Evidence and Implications for EU Animal Welfare Policy.

Roberto Bava, Giovanni Formato, Giovanna Liguori, Fabio Castagna

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Roberto BavaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4173-8584
Giovanni FormatoApiculture Laboratory, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Lazio e della Toscana "M. Aleandri", Via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1202-5745
Giovanna LiguoriLocal Health Autorithy (ASL) Foggia, 71121 Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3031-345X
Fabio CastagnaDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9600-6401

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing recognition of animal sentience has led to notable progress in European Union animal welfare legislation. However, a significant inconsistency remains: while mammals, birds, and cephalopods are legally protected as sentient beings, honeybees (

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animal behaviorEU legislationhoneybee welfareinvertebrate cognition

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PMID40711321
PMCPMC12298661

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