Energetics of Honeybee Swarm Thermoregulation
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 212 (4494), 565-566
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.212.4494.565
Abstract
Honeybee swarms regulate their core temperature at a high set point (near 36°C) and the mantle at a low set point (near 15°C). The temperature gradient from core to mantle permits considerable energy economy, and it is abolished only shortly before swarm takeoff.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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