Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Gerald Kastberger; Evelyn Schmelzer; Ilse Kranner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003141

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Gerald Kastberger ,

* E-mail: gerald.kastberger@uni-graz.at

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
⨯
Evelyn Schmelzer,

Affiliation Institute of Zoology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
⨯
Ilse Kranner

Affiliation Seed Conservation Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, West Sussex, United Kingdom
⨯

Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Gerald Kastberger,
Evelyn Schmelzer,
Ilse Kranner

Published: September 10, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003141

Reader Comments

Post a new comment on this article

interesting!

Posted by Hemelrijk on 12 Sep 2008 at 12:58 GMT

Dear authors,
My compliments to this paper. Not only is the topic very interesting, the study and explanations are well-done an dprofound.
Best
Charlotte

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Honey bees
Is the Subject Area "Honey bees" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Animal flight
Is the Subject Area "Animal flight" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Insect flight
Is the Subject Area "Insect flight" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Predation
Is the Subject Area "Predation" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Nesting habits
Is the Subject Area "Nesting habits" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Bees
Is the Subject Area "Bees" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Abdomen
Is the Subject Area "Abdomen" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Thrust
Is the Subject Area "Thrust" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.

Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

Reader Comments

Post Your Discussion Comment

Why should this posting be reviewed?

Thank You!

interesting!

Posted by Hemelrijk on 12 Sep 2008 at 12:58 GMT