Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan
by lostlogin on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @07:05AM
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They keep their hives at about 35C, which is white noticeable when you open them up. Same goes for big clumps of bees. Angry ones balling a invader are considerably hotter it seems, and this article mentions 49C. I’ve seen other article noting that bees die at about 51, while hornets die at a fractionally lower temperature. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12649-honeybees-gang-...
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Re:Backyard beekeeping in Japan
by blaser-waffle on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:56AM
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Kind of like a fever, heating your body up to fight off infections.
Or, in a chemical sense, chemo vs. cancer.