The heat transfer problem that occurs during the laminar flow of a Herschel-Bulkley fluid through the entrance portion of tubes is studied. The Nusselt number is obtained as a function of the axial coordinate, yield stress and behavior index. Two different thermal boundary conditions are investigated: uniform wall heat flux and uniform wall temperature. The analysis is firstly carried out assuming that the .reological prop- erties do not depend on temperature. Then the effect of temperature on the yield stress and consistency index is considered for a few representative cases. The behavior index less than one or the plug flow radius greather than zero makes the velocity profile flater. As a result higher Nusselt numbers are obtained. The Reynolds and Peclet numbers do not affec t the flow in the fully developed region, however they play a significative hole in the entrance region. The results show that assumption of temperature –independent properties does not change the qualitative heat transfer behavior, although quantitatively there are significant changes.