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Honeybee cluster—not insulation but stressful heat sink
Since the early twentieth century, the outer layer (mantle) of honeybees (Apis mellifera) in the winter cluster has been said to insulate the cluster core. This has encouraged enforced clustering, by the beekeepers' dominant use of inadequately insulated hives and, in North America, refrigerati...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10681098/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37989226 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0488 |