Drone and Worker Brood Microclimates Are Regulated Differentially in Honey Bees, Apis mellifera.

BACKGROUND:Honey bee (Apis mellifera) drones and workers show differences in morphology, physiology, and behavior. Because the functions of drones are more related to colony reproduction, and those of workers relate to both survival and reproduction, we hypothesize that the microclimate for worker b...

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Main Authors: Zhiyong Li, Zachary Y Huang, Dhruv B Sharma, Yunbo Xue, Zhi Wang, Bingzhong Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4755576?pdf=render