| Title |
Thorough warm-up before take-off in honey bee swarms
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|---|---|
| Published in |
The Science of Nature, May 2003
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00114-003-0425-4 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas D. Seeley, Marco Kleinhenz, Brigitte Bujok, Jürgen Tautz |
| Abstract |
In a bivouacked swarm of honey bees, most individuals are quiescent while a small minority (the scouts) are active in choosing the swarm's future nest site. This study explores the way in which the members of a swarm warm their flight muscles for take-off when the swarm eventually decamps. An infrared camera was used to measure the thoracic (flight muscle) temperatures of individual bees on the surface of a swarm cluster. These are generally the coolest bees in a swarm. The warming of the surface-layer bees occurred mainly in the last 10 min before take-off. By the time a take-off began, 100% of the bees had their flight muscles heated to at least 35 degrees C, which is sufficient to support rapid flight. Take-offs began only a few seconds after all the surface-layer bees had their flight muscles warmed to at least 35 degrees C, but exactly how take-offs are triggered remains a mystery. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 47 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 27% |
| Researcher | 12 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 34 | 61% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 9% |
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