File:Shimmering bees drive hornet away.ogv

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English: This video shows two 130 cm-wide nests of the Asian Giant Honeybee Apis dorsata attached to a thick branch of a tree in Assam. The nest in the foreground displays shimmering: a Mexican-wave-like, spiral or circular, pattern. The ‘mouth’ zone of the nest is at the left bottom rim, where forager bees depart, arrive and dance. In contrast, the bees in the periphery are quiescent, but in response to hornet attacks, they produce shimmering.
Date Published: September 10, 2008
Source Movie S1 of Kastberger G, Schmelzer E, Kranner I (2008) Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets. PLoS ONE 3(9): e3141. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003141
Author Kastberger G, Schmelzer E, Kranner I (2008) Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets. PLoS ONE 3(9): e3141. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003141
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English: Mexican waves performed by Asian Giant Honeybees drive hornets away from the nest.
Other languages
Deutsch: Riesenhonigbienen vertreiben Fraßfeinde mittels La Ola.
English: Mexican waves performed by Asian Giant Honeybees drive hornets away from the nest.
Македонски: Џиновски медоносни пчели прават мексикански бранови за да истераат стршлени од нивното гнездо.
中文（简体）：Apis dorsal的波浪舞。

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