Heat and heavy metals are changing the way that bees buzz
11mon 12d ago by lemmy.ca/u/ZeroCool in ecology@mander.xyz from phys.org
Ongoing research into the effect of environmental change on the buzzing of bees reveals that high temperatures and exposure to heavy metals reduces the frequency (and audible pitch) of non-flight wing vibrations, which could have consequences on the effectiveness of bee communication and their role as pollinators.
Well, at least in the nest box, temperature sure influences the buzzing. I've recently found that the pitch goes down a lot when I give them more blank wax wafers to build on. Here is my IoT sensor project, let me know if you want to join http://apiologia.zymologia.fi/
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