Increasing temperature and time in glasshouses increases honey bee activity and affects internal brood conditions

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2024-06

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Honey bees are globally important pollinators, key to many aspects of ecosystem function and agricultural production. However they are facing an increasing array of stress factors. These stressors include exposure to pathogens and pesticides, agricultural intensification, and changes in climate, and likely contribute to colony dysfunction and colony losses. Here we use temperature-controlled glasshouse experiments to investigate the impact of a field-realistic temperature-range on honey bee colonies, including temperatures based on projections for near-future local conditions. We show that increased temperatures have a significant impact on honey bee worker activity, with increased worker movement in and out of colonies, particularly over 30 °C. In addition, increased glasshouse temperatures led to significantly higher brood (egg, larval and pupal cells) humidity. Finally, temperature had a more severe impact at the later end of the experiment than at the start (on worker movement and brood conditions), suggesting that colonies under stress (either due to exposure to thermal stress or glasshouse confinement) have more difficulty in manging thermoregulation. These results indicate the potential impact of higher temperatures on the healthy functioning of these important pollinators.

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En este este articulo se simularon en invernadero la condiciones ambientales que podrían darse en un futuro próximo debido al cambio climático para entender cómo afectaría a las colonias de Apis mellifera

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Darren P. O'Connell, Bronte M. Baker, David Atauri, Julia C. Jones, Increasing temperature and time in glasshouses increases honey bee activity and affects internal brood conditions, Journal of Insect Physiology, Volume 155, 2024, 104635, ISSN 0022-1910, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2024.104635.
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