Dear colleagues,

As I am trying to provide concepts to develop a bee demography model, do you have any clue on how to calculate honey-bee metabolism (possibly related to different bee stages)?

I know from literature that the main drivers are temperature, body mass + load, ontogeny, activity but also genetics. Is that correct or do I miss some variable?

Finally, I would like to know energy expenditure of bees and relate this to food consumption (in terms of nectar and pollen inputs). 

Thank you very much for your help and kind regards,

Giorgio Sperandio