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Study finds bumblebee queens can survive winter floods by breathing underwater
When Sabrina Rondeau flooded the tiny containers holding hibernating bumblebee queens in her University of Guelph laboratory, ...
Queen bees can breathe underwater, allowing them to stay alive over winter as melting snow floods their burrows. View on ...
In most bumblebee species, the queens spend their winters buried underground in a tiny cavity the size of a grape. For six to ...
Spread the loveThe resilience of nature often astounds scientists, and recent research has revealed a remarkable survival strategy employed by queen bumblebees. These industrious insects, known for ...
Bumblebee queens exhibit remarkable resilience by surviving underwater for up to eight days, primarily due to physiological adaptations like submerged breathing and anaerobic metabolism. These ...
New research suggests bumblebees can breathe underwater, which could make them more resilient to climate change. University ...
It’s a good thing, then, that these insects can survive days underwater without drowning. Remarkably, our new research reveals they achieve this through a process of continually breathing while ...
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