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Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) nest in the open and have evolved a plethora of defence behaviors. Against predatory wasps, including hornets, they display highly coordinated Mexican wave-like cascades termed ‘shimmering’. Shimmering starts at distinct spots on the nest surface and then spreads acros...

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Autores principales: Kastberger, Gerald, Schmelzer, Evelyn, Kranner, Ilse
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18781205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003141