A biophysical approach to assess weather impacts on honey bee colony winter mortality

The western honey bee (Apis mellifera) is one of the most important insects kept by humans, but high colony losses are reported around the world. While the effects of general climatic conditions on colony winter mortality were already demonstrated, no study has investigated specific weather conditio...

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Main Authors: Benedikt Becsi, Herbert Formayer, Robert Brodschneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-09-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210618