Brood comb as a humidity buffer in honeybee nests

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 429-433

  Ellis, Michael B ^a   Nicolson, Sue W ^a   Crewe, Robin M ^a   Dietemann, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cocoon; Honeybee; Humidity; Larvae; Nest homeostasis

Indexed keywords

COCOON; HOMEOSTASIS; HONEYBEE; HUMIDITY; LARVA; MICROCLIMATE; REARING; SURVIVORSHIP; THERMOREGULATION; WAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; DARKNESS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SILK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DARKNESS; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77952096465     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0655-1     Document Type: Article

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