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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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To: UCANSEE2; skr; All
I think they don’t cook themselves because they don’t fan their muscles when heat is not needed. The article said they have a way of decoupling their wings so they can fan the muscles a lot without moving the wings.
To: skr
God makes cool stuff!God is cool too!
To: fishhound
” For Freeper Beekeepers”
I have a co-worker who started a few weeks ago.
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posted on
03/18/2010 2:22:28 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: fishhound
” For Freeper Beekeepers”
I have a co-worker who started a few weeks ago.
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posted on
03/18/2010 2:23:12 AM PDT
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
To: fishhound
OK, so are heater bees born or are they assigned the job? If they are born, what causes that? Do their pupae have to be kept at a particular temperature? Do they have to get the food for the extra energy themselves or do other bees deliver it to them? Etc.
Maybe these answers aren’t known yet, but reporters are good at not asking probing science questions.
Each bee in the hive needs a miniature TV camera attached to its head to we can see what is going on in there.
And, I hate to do this, but will global warming make all of the bees into foragers and then there would be no more housekeepers to take care of the larvae and clean the nest? Or will the government take care of that job for them?
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posted on
03/18/2010 3:05:44 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: fishhound
Wait until algore reads this.
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posted on
03/18/2010 3:21:30 AM PDT
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: ApplegateRanch; gleeaikin; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 240B; ...
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:02:29 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://themagicnegro.com/)
To: GeronL
Whoops! Thanks GeronL, thought I saw everyone’s pings! [blush]
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:03:46 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://themagicnegro.com/)
To: fishhound
The fact that some bees have a higher temperature than others is very old news. It is in fact common knowledge
In the winter when the colony is inactive:
The bees at the center of the cluster are warmer than those on the outside. As the temperature of those on the outside gets too cold, the warm bees move outward. The bee temp from the center of the cluster to the outside is continuously variable.
Honey is the fuel that provides the body temp
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posted on
03/18/2010 4:14:13 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
To: fishhound
Doing the jobs drones won’t do.
To: fishhound
For Freeper Beekeepers...we have a few. Wasn't sure where to post it.Ya done good!
Anybody want to learn? Start here: www.beemaster.com
To: SunkenCiv
Maybe this will help clear up why the bees were disappearing
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posted on
03/18/2010 7:01:42 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
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To: JustPiper
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:05:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://themagicnegro.com/)
To: Isabel C.
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posted on
03/18/2010 8:13:20 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: gleeaikin
I too thought of colony collapse disorder, but my thought was that perhaps breeders have been breeding for queens who would not leave enough empty cells for the heater bees to do their job. If one HB in an empty cell can warm 70 larvae, then about one empty cell per 70 would appear to be essential. Have you counted the empty cells in your combs? Did you get your bees from a large commercial enterprise where selective breeding may be a problem, or did you get them from a local hobbiest or a wild swarm? Also do you just feed them sugar water, or do you leave enough honey for them to eat?
Right now, after the die off, all the cells in the brood box are empty, except for a few small areas of honey at the corners. There was little dead brood in there. Mostly just dead or gone. I did get them from a commercial package supplier, so the genetics thing could factor in. As for feeding. I am leaning towards the possibility that I might have starved them. They had quite a bit of honey going into winter. I even left them a few extra frames of honey in a super above the two deeps. I did, however fail to feed them in the fall. I think I may have assumed the honey that was present was enough. I will pay closer attention this year to fall honey stocks, and try to estimate the weight. It's all been a learning experience, which is good. I just hate to have probably had a hand in their die off.
To: fishhound
Heater bees - global warming!! Oh Noes!!1!!
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03/19/2010 8:22:27 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(American exceptionalism - for liberals, it's like garlic to a vampire)
To: garjog
Is she a do-bee or a don’t bee?
To: rickomatic
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.That wouldn't surprise me. The theory presented in the article is that empty cells in the comb are needed for the heater bees to do their thing, but breeders have been selecting for queens that don't leave empty cells. Perhaps the pupae were too cold and not enough foragers emerged?
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posted on
03/19/2010 8:53:07 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(TSA and DHS are jobs programs for people who are not smart enough to flip burgers)
To: fishhound; SunkenCiv
Oh, baby, am I gonna heat you up!
To: colorado tanker
They’re gonna get a buzz on.
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posted on
03/19/2010 2:56:41 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(http://themagicnegro.com/)
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