Energetics of honeybee swarm thermoregulation |
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Authors: | Heinrich B |
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Abstract: | Honeybee swarms regulate their core temperature at a high set point (near 36 degrees C) and the mantle at a low set point (near 15 degrees C). The temperature gradient from core to mantle permits considerable energy economy, and it is abolished only shortly before swarm takeoff. |
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