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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]

Endothermic heat production in honeybee winter clusters

In order to survive cold northern winters, honeybees crowd tightly together in a winter cluster. Pre [More]

Roger Delon – The Stable-Climate Hive

It is an amazing hive that lets the clusters explode with vigour onto the spring and summer flowers. [More]

The Potential of Bee-Generated Carbon Dioxide for Control of Varroa Mite

The objective of this study was to manipulate ventilation rate to characterize interactions between [More]

Crowding affects brood production

More space equals more brood and less honey.
Full article [More]