A thermal image of a buff-tailed bumblebee during buzz-pollination (IMAGE)

Society for Experimental Biology

A thermal image of a buff-tailed bumblebee during buzz-pollination

Caption

During, buzz-pollination, the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) reaches body temperatures of almost 40 °C.

Credit

Charlie Woodrow

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