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Honey bees secret world of heat revealed
The Telegraph UK ^
| 13 Mar 2010
| Richard Gray, Science Correspondent
Posted on 03/17/2010 9:43:10 PM PDT by fishhound
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For Freeper Beekeepers...we have a few. Wasn't sure where to post it.
Nice to see a science article devoid of any reference to the lies of AL Gore.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:43:10 PM PDT
by
fishhound
To: fishhound
To: fishhound
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:47:42 PM PDT
by
garjog
(Used to be liberals were just people to disagree with. Now they are a threat to our existence.)
To: fishhound
“Heater bees”?
I had no idea bees had hot flashes.
Definitely heats up the bed....
Enough of them, the hive?
To: fishhound; SunkenCiv
Interesting!!
Someone is going to have to remake that documentary “Secret Life of Bee’s” now.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:48:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(I said it yesterday and I'll say it today and everyday: Tomorrow I stop being so lazy!!)
To: garjog
I’m sure that was the very first image from a google search. lol.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:49:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(I said it yesterday and I'll say it today and everyday: Tomorrow I stop being so lazy!!)
To: garjog
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:49:37 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY)
To: fishhound
Wing decoupling, very interesting. It would be interesting to find out why the heater bees don’t cook themselves.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:52:31 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: skr
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:53:09 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: skr
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:53:29 PM PDT
by
fishhound
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY)
To: garjog
Spelling Bees. Heating Bees. What won’t they think of next - a philosophy based on Descartes’ “To Bee or Not to Bee?”
She’s some Honey Bee. Like the stripes and wings. Buzzz!
To: garjog
Hmmm, I am suddenly feeling alot warmer.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:56:08 PM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(No prisoners, no mercy. 2010 is here...)
To: skr
It would be interesting to find out why the heater bees dont cook themselves. Ice bees fly around them just in the nick of time.
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posted on
03/17/2010 9:56:25 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: fishhound
Very interesting. I started beekeeping last year. After a strong season of build up and some honey production, my hives went into the winter looking pretty strong. By January they both had died off. It will be interesting to see if this new discovery will be looked at in regards to colony collapse disorder, which up to now, is not understood. Maybe the “heater” bees don’t heat like they used to sometimes.
To: fishhound
Fascinating. Thanks for posting.
"The scientists discovered that the heater bees work to subtly change the temperature of each developing pupae by around a degree and this small change determines what kind of honey bee it will become."
There is a striking similarity with the description of the "hatchery" in "Brave New World".
To: fishhound
Heat is how Japanese honey bees kill the Japanese giant hornet—they swarm the hornet when it invades the nest and vibrate, the bees can withstand a few higher degrees than the hornet. European honey bees just get slaughtered.
Freegards
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posted on
03/17/2010 10:02:36 PM PDT
by
Ransomed
(Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
To: rickomatic
Same here.
Started last May.
Strong through fall.
Flying in a warm spell first week January.
Dead after a brutal cold snap two weeks later.
A lot of people here in MA lost their bees.
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posted on
03/17/2010 10:02:51 PM PDT
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fishhound
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY)
To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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posted on
03/17/2010 10:03:52 PM PDT
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fishhound
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY)
To: fishhound
All in the name of social stability.
To: Ransomed
It’s not suffocation...but heat?
That’s interesting.
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03/17/2010 10:05:07 PM PDT
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fishhound
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY)
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