Ambient Air Temperature Does Not Predict whether Small or Large Workers Forage in Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens)

Bumble bees are important pollinators of crops and other plants. However, many aspects of their basic biology remain relatively unexplored. For example, one important and unusual natural history feature in bumble bees is the massive size variation seen between workers of the same nest. This size pol...

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Main Authors: Margaret J. Couvillon, Ginny Fitzpatrick, Anna Dornhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/536430
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