Caps and gaps: A computer model for studies on brood incubation strategies in honeybees (Apis mellifera carnica)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 675-680

  Fehler, Manuel ^a   Kleinhenz, Marco ^b   Klügl, Franziska ^a   Puppe, Frank ^a   Tautz, Jürgen ^b  

^a Department for Artificial Intelligence and Applied Computer Science ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Brood gaps; Brood nest; Honeybee; Multi agent based computer simulation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BROOD REARING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HONEYBEE; INCUBATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; HEATING; HONEYBEE; INBREEDING; INCUBATION TIME; ORGANISM COLONY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA CARNICA; APOIDEA;

EID: 34447131673     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0240-4     Document Type: Article

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