Temperature preference of honeybee drones (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

摘要: Drones of the honeybee race Apis mellifera carnica Pollmann 1879 are able to discriminate different temperatures. In arena experiments, young drones - comparable workers show a more significant preference for higher temperature than older ones. This corresponds with behaviour in large colonies during nighttime, when there is pronounced gradient from center margin. affects as well workers; hence younger bees prefer be broodnest. During daytime, only not being on wing were taken into account, no age dependent was found colony. The presence nurse arena, which frequently offer food, shift drones' towards that bees. Thus, at least stage depend supplementation by workers, their preferred location influenced and social environment.