Giant hornet (Vespa soror) attacks trigger frenetic antipredator signalling in honeybee (Apis cerana) colonies.
Mattila HR, Kernen HG, Otis GW, Nguyen LTP, Pham HD, Knight OM, Phan NT.
Mattila HR, et al.
R Soc Open Sci. 2021 Nov 10;8(11):211215. doi: 10.1098/rsos.211215. eCollection 2021 Nov.
R Soc Open Sci. 2021.
PMID: 34804577
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However, hornet-attack stimuli-and V. soror workers in particular-triggered dramatic increases in signalling rates within colonies. Soundscapes were cacophonous when V. soror predators were directly outside of nests, in part because of frenetic production of antipredator p …
However, hornet-attack stimuli-and V. soror workers in particular-triggered dramatic increases in signalling rates within colonies. Soundsca …