Ambient Air Temperature Does Not Predict whether Small or Large Workers Forage in Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens)
Margaret J. Couvillon; Ginny Fitzpatrick; Anna Dornhaus · 2010 · Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
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Abstract
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 polymorphism may be an adaptation for division of labor, colony economics, or be nonadaptive. It was also suggested that perhaps this variation allows for niche specialization in workers foraging at different temperatures: larger bees might be better suited to forage at cooler temperatures and smaller
Abstract by Margaret J. Couvillon; Ginny Fitzpatrick; Anna Dornhaus, Psyche: A Journal of Entomology (2010) — licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Metadata source: DOAJ · DOI 10.1155/2010/536430