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Coping with the cold and fighting the heat: thermal homeostasis of a superorganism, the honeybee colony

The worldwide distribution of honeybees and their fast propagation to new areas rests on their ability to keep up optimal ‘tropical conditions’ in their brood nest both in the cold and in the heat. Honeybee colonies behave like ‘superorganisms’ where individuals work together to promote reproduction...

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Autores principales: Stabentheiner, Anton, Kovac, Helmut, Mandl, Monika, Käfer, Helmut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8079341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33598719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01464-8