Phat Queens Emerge Fashionably Late: Body Size and Condition Predict Timing of Spring Emergence for Queen Bumble Bees

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Bumble bees have annual colonies that produce new queens at the end of summer. They mate and accumulate substantial fat reserves before overwintering underground prior to emerging in the spring. Because body size influences how much fat a queen can accumulate in the fall and how quic...

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Autores principales: Keaveny, Ellen C., Dillon, Michael E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9604070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36292818
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13100870

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9604070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36292818
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13100870

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