▪ Abstract One key advantage of eusociality is shared defense of the nest, brood, and stored
food; nest defense plays an important role in the biology of eusocial bees. Recent studies on …

Asia is home to at least nine honeybee species, including the introduced Apis mellifera. In
addition to A. mellifera and Apis cerana being widely employed for commercial beekeeping …

The familiar European hive bee, Apis mellifera, has long dominated honey bee research.
But in the last 15 years, teams in China, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand began to shift focus …

In insect societies, a number of very striking collective structures are formed by individuals
linking themselves to one another. One such example is an army ant bivouac. These …

Temperature is the most frequently measured physical quantity, second only to time. Infrared
(IR) technology has been utilized successfully in astronomy (for a summary, see Hermans …

Simple Summary Hornets of the genus Vespa and honey bees are the main characters of a
coevolutionary arms race that is made evident by the conspicuous number of reciprocal …

Giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) nest in the open and have evolved a plethora of defence
behaviors. Against predatory wasps, including hornets, they display highly coordinated …

Asian honeybees use an impressive array of strategies to protect nests from hornet attacks,
although little is understood about how antipredator signals coordinate defences. We …

Four to six percent of plants, distributed over different angiosperm families, entice pollinators
by deception [1]. In these systems, chemical mimicry is often used as an efficient way to …

The predatory behaviour of Vespa crabro hornets on the honeybee Apis mellifera ligustica
and the counter strategy of the prey were observed and described in two apiaries of 27 and …