Mime-Version: |
1.0 |
Sender: |
|
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:28:25 -0400 |
Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
8bit |
Content-Type: |
text/plain |
Reply-To: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
>Dick, please show us these "accounts you've read", for the benifit of the Bee-L readers, please
support your comment with references.
>I know where my refrences are, but I won't do your homework for you.
“Lindauer (1954) placed a hive of bees in full sunlight on a lava field near Salerno, Italy, where the
*surface* (my italics) temperature reached 70º C. As long as he permitted workers to take all the
water they wanted from a nearby fountain, they were able to maintain the temperature inside the
hive at the desired 35º C.”
The above is from E.O. Wilson’s book: ‘The Insect Societies’. The reference quoted by Wilson in his
bibliography is a German paper by Lindauer: ‘Temperaturregulierung und Wasserhaushalt im
Bienenstat’.
(FYI, my brother and I re-shingled my roof about 5 years ago. The surface of the roof was
considerably, and I mean *considerably*, hotter than the area an inch or two above the tar paper.)
Regards,
Dick Allen
-- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---
|
|
|