Heat shielding: A task for youngsters

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 128-132

  Starks, Philip T ^a   Johnson, Rebecca N ^a   Siegel, Adam J ^a   Decelle, Meridith M ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age polyethism; Apis mellifera; Honey bees; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; HONEYBEE; LABOR DIVISION; POLYETHISM; THERMOREGULATION;

APINAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 12244253349     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh124     Document Type: Article

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