The temperature of the bee colony / by Burton N. Gates.
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
1914.
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| Series: | Bulletin of the U.S. Department of Agriculture ;
no. 96. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Apparatus. pp. 1.
- The bees
- The arrangement of the thermometers
- Location of the apparatus
- Check colony. pp. 5.
- Methods of observation and recording
- The consumption of stores in winter. pp. 6.
- General phenomena of the cluster in winter. pp. 10.
- Temperature below frames in relation to outside air. pp. 12.
- Comparisons of temperatures of the center of the cluster and of the outside air. pp. 14.
- Effects of manipulation of the cluster. pp .15.
- Behavior of the cluster in winter; observations on the check colony. pp. 16.
- Temperature accompanying the laying of the first eggs. pp. 18.
- Transition from winter to summer conditions. pp. 20.
- Relation of C to the outside temperature
- The maxima and minima of C in relation to O. pp. 21.
- Fluctuations in the hive temperature and the causes
- The effect of "Orientation" or "Play flights." pp. 22.
- The effects of cluster heat on the temperature below the frames. pp. 23.
- The effects of storms. pp. 24.
- The effects of transporation on the temperature of the colony. pp. 26.