Thermoregulation of honeybees (Apis mellifera) foraging in spring and summer at different plants

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1071-1076

  Kovac, Helmut ^a   Schmaranzer, Sigurd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Foraging; Honeybee; Insect; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APIDAE; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; HYMENOPTERA;

FORAGING; HONEYBEE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030273844     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(96)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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