Oxygen consumption and body temperature of active and resting honeybees

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 881-889

  Stabentheiner, Auton ^a   Vollmann, Jutta ^a   Kovac, Helmut ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Honeybee; Oxygen consumption; Resting metabolism; Thermography

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; HONEYBEE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0042239414     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(03)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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