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“Up” or “down” that makes the difference. How giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) see the world

A. dorsata builds its large exposed comb high in trees or under ledges of high rocks. The “open” nest of A. dorsata, shielded (only!) by multiple layers of bees, is highly vulnerable to any kind of direct contact or close range attacks from predators. Therefore, guard bees of the outer layer of A. d...

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Autores principales: Koeniger, Nikolaus, Kurze, Christoph, Phiancharoen, Mananya, Koeniger, Gudrun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708602/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29190297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185325