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Lipid-enhanced pollen and lipid-reduced flour diets and their effect on the longevity of honey bees

As eucalypt pollens contain low concentrations of lipid, enhancing pollen diets with fatty acids was [More]

Influence of bottom board on ventilation

The air flow characteristics within the hive changed significantly when a bottom cavity was added to [More]

The Biology and Management of Colonies in Winter

In nature bees have two general methods for maintaining colony temperatures in winter: 1) selecting [More]

Influence of bottom board on ventilation

The influence of bottom board design on the honeybee hive environment was explored using computation [More]

Poultry Housing Tips

Knowing how much to ventilate during cold weather is crucial to a poultry producer’s bottom li [More]

Water Conditions in the Winter Cluster

A model is presented describing the water conditions in the winter cluster of the honeybee, Apis mel [More]

Winter physics

In the first part, we calculated the required air exchange mass of the hive, which is for Warr&eacut [More]

Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Regulation

Carbon dioxide releases fanning behaviour in the honey-bee. The response is proportional to the atmo [More]

Timing of production of winter bees

Little is known about the development of the overwintering population of honey bees (Apis mellifera) [More]

Hot bees in empty broodnest cells

Honeybee colonies maintain brood nest temperatures of 33–36°C. We investigated brood nest [More]