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

DOI10.1007/S11538-006-9190-9MaRDI QIDQ2426331zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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

zbMATH Keywords

resonancehoneycombultrasonichexagonal symmetryhoneybeehornetoriental hornet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Animal behavior (92D50)

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