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Genes associated with hot defensive bee ball in the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica

BACKGROUND: The Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica, shows a specific defensive behavior, known as a “hot defensive bee ball,” used against the giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia. Hundreds of honeybee workers surround a hornet and make a “bee ball” during this behavior. They maintain the ball for ar...

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Autores principales: Kamioka, Takahiro, Suzuki, Hiromu C., Ugajin, Atsushi, Yamaguchi, Yuta, Nishimura, Masakazu, Sasaki, Tetsuhiko, Ono, Masato, Kawata, Masakado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8925055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35296235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01989-9