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SUBMITTER: Kovac H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6182700 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kovac Helmut H Käfer Helmut H Stabentheiner Anton A
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 20180806 9-10
Honeybees need water for different purposes, to maintain the osmotic homeostasis in adults as well as to dilute stored honey and prepare liquid food for the brood. Water is also used for cooling of the hive. Foraging in endothermic insects is energy-intensive and the question arises how much energy bees invest in a resource without any metabolically usable energy. We investigated the energy demand of water collecting bees under natural conditions. The thermoregulation and energetic effort was me ...[more]