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Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the midnight sun measured with radiofrequency identification

BACKGROUND: In the permanent daylight conditions north of the Arctic circle, there is a unique opportunity for bumblebee foragers to maximise intake, and therefore colony growth, by remaining active during the entire available 24-h period. We tested the foraging rhythms of bumblebee (Bombus terrestr...

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Autores principales: Stelzer, Ralph J, Chittka, Lars
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2907328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20587015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-8-93