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 spr...
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Autores principales: | Gerald Kastberger, Evelyn Schmelzer, Ilse Kranner |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008
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