Temperature in overwintering honey bee colonies reveals brood status and predicts colony mortality

Winter losses in honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera, raise concerns both for their critical role in crop pollination and for the sustainability of beekeeping. Beekeepers struggle to limit losses due to a lack of indicators to measure colony health and predict mortality in winter under field conditio...

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Main Authors: Etienne Minaud, François Rebaudo, Giulia Mainardi, Philippos Vardakas, Fani Hatjina, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Fabrice Requier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Ecological Indicators
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X24014183
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