Air ventilation in nests of two African stingless beesTrigona denoiti andTrigona gribodoi

Autor:	R. F. A. Moritz, R. M. Crewe
Rok vydání:	1988
Předmět:	Pharmacology Arboreal locomotion biology Apidae Ecology Zoology Cell Biology Hymenoptera biology.organism_classification Apoidea law.invention Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Aculeata Nest law Ventilation (architecture) Breathing Molecular Medicine Molecular Biology
Zdroj:	Experientia. 44:1024-1027
ISSN:	1420-9071 0014-4754
DOI:	10.1007/bf01939912
Popis:	The ground nestingTrigona denoiti as well as the arboreal nestingT. gribodoi have nest cavities with only a single narrow entrance tube. For air exchange in the nest to occur, the bees have to ventilate the nest actively. As a consequence the air is exchanged in a similar way as in vertebrates with lungs. Phases of inspiration follow phases of expiration (‘breathing’ frequency in the range of 2–3 breaths/min) and tidal volumes range from 0.63±0.24 ml inT. denoiti to 1.13±0.32 inT. gribodoi. Ventilation during night time was strongly reduced.
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