Keeping a Cool Head: Honeybee Thermoregulation
@article{Heinrich1979KeepingAC,
title={Keeping a Cool Head: Honeybee Thermoregulation},
author={Bernd Heinrich},
journal={Science},
year={1979},
volume={205},
pages={1269 - 1271}
}At high ambient temperatures, honeybees regulate head teriperature by evaporative cooling of regurgitated honeycrop contents. Thoracic temperature is secondarily stabilized as heat flows from thorax to head by means of passive conduction and physiological facilitation resulting from accelerated blood flow. The mechanism permits flight at the extraordinarily high ambient temperature of 46�C without overheating the head and thorax despite prodigious amounts of heat produced as a by-product of…
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