[Relationship between the critical phases of the physiological state of insect during supercooling and its dielectric permeability]
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High-Throughput Assays of Critical Thermal Limits in Insects
Published on: June 15, 2020
Abstract:
The relationship between critical temperatures causing the cold torpor and freezing of liquid fractions of the body of honeybees and their dielectric permeability has been studied. It has been shown that the temperature at which the freezing of liquid fractions occurs, as distinct from the temperature inducing the cold torpor, depends on age and seasonal generation of insects. It has been found that changes in the temperature causing the torpor and freezing correlate with jumps of dielectric permeability.
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