The Effect of Thorax Temperature on Force Production during Tethered Flight in Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Drones, Workers, and Queens
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by University of Chicago Press in Physiological Zoology
- Vol. 64 (3) , 823-835
- https://doi.org/10.1086/physzool.64.3.30158209
Abstract
Honeybee drones (Apis mellifera) returning to the hive exhibited thorax temperatures ( ) from 2.4° to 2. 7°C higher than those of workers. Force production during tethered flight described an inverted U shape as a function of . Maximal force produced for drones was 3.95 ± 0.23 mN, for workers, 1. 73 ± 0.13 mN, and for queens, 2.15 ± 0.25 mN. In drones the ascending portion of the forceproduction curve was steeper and was right shifted relative to that of workers, so that although drones have higher than workers, dronesproduce similar percentages of maximum force over this portion of the curve.Keywords
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