Honey bee nest thermoregulation: Diversity promotes stability

Science

Volumn 305, Issue 5682, 2004, Pages 402-404

  Jones, Julia C ^a   Myerscough, Mary R ^a   Graham, Sonia ^a   Oldroyd, Benjamin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

GENETIC DIVERSITY; MATING; THRESHOLDS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BEE; NEST; THERMOREGULATION;

ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HONEYBEE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; THERMOREGULATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WORKER;

ANIMALS; BEES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 3142755554     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096340     Document Type: Article

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