Cooperative wasp-killing by mixed-species colonies of honeybees, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera
The cooperative defensive behaviour of mixed-species colonies of honeybees, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera, were tested against a predatory wasp, Vespa velutina. When vespine wasps hawk honeybees at their nest entrances, the difference in the numbers of bees involved in heat-balling among pure speci...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13592-011-0098-5 |