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From: chappell@ysidro.uchicago.edu (Chappell)
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Subject: Re: Bees on vacation
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Date: 13 Sep 90 19:31:20 GMT
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In article <13614@hydra.gatech.EDU> jm67@prism.gatech.EDU (MURRAY,JEFFREY P) writes:
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An interesting (and factually correct) article on how bees hibernate
He points out that temperature stability is vital to apian reproduction.
For an interesting example of how this stability is maintained even in the arctic,
see the August or July issue of Natural History.  Apparently, arctic species
start the cycle early; the Queens have a high body temperature even in the Spring.
AND, you get to read how finding the rectal temperature of a honeybee is actually useful.

Rick Chappell, chappell@stat.wisc.edu