Do bees and hornets use acoustic resonance in order to monitor and coordinate comb construction?

DOI10.1007/S11538-006-9190-9zbMATH Open1300.92110OpenAlexW2067274285WikidataQ51918743 ScholiaQ51918743MaRDI QIDQ2426331FDOQ2426331

Authors: David Bergman, Jacob S. Ishay 

Publication date: 22 April 2008

Published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-006-9190-9

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zbMATH Keywords

resonancehoneycombultrasonichexagonal symmetryhoneybeehornetoriental hornet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

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• The honeycomb conjecture
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