Honey bee workers as mobile insulating units

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 242-246

  Siegel, A J ^a,b   Hui, J ^a   Johnson, R N ^a,c   Starks, P T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Heat shielding; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; HONEYBEE; THERMOREGULATION;

APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 23944502037     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0805-1     Document Type: Article

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