Honey Caches Help Female Paper Wasps ( Polistes annularis ) Survive Texas Winters

Autor: Joan E. Strassman
Rok vydání: 1979
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Zdroj: Science. 204:207-209
ISSN: 1095-9203
0036-8075
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4389.207
Popis: Polistes annularis females store honey in their nests in autumn. They return to their nests on warmn winter days, eat honey, and defend itfrom non-sisters. Honey deprivation decreases numbers surviving the winter; females that do survive without honey build smaller spring nests.
Databáze: OpenAIRE