Do honeybees, Apis mellifera scutellata, regulate humidity in their nest?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 397-401

  Human, Hannelie ^a   Nicolson, Sue W ^a   Dietemann, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BROOD REARING; HOMEOSTASIS; HONEYBEE; HUMIDITY; NEST; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; HUMIDITY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; OVIPARITY; REPRODUCTION;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA;

EID: 33746387810     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0117-y     Document Type: Article

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