Heat shielding: A novel method of colonial thermoregulation in honey bees

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 438-440

  Starks, Philip T ^a   Gilley, David C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HONEYBEE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEE; COOLING; HEAT; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HEAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WING;

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0032878305     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050648     Document Type: Article

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