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Wings as impellers: honey bees co-opt flight system to induce nest ventilation and disperse pheromones

Jacob M. Peters, Nick Gravish, Stacey A. Combes
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2017) 220 (12): 2203–2209.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.149476
Published: 15 June 2017
... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Honey bees employ unique flapping kinematics to use their wings as impellers for ventilatory fanning and dispersing pheromone signals. Apis mellifera Thermoregulation Flight biomechanics Fanning...
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Indirect closing of the elytra in a cockchafer, Melolontha hippocastani F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Leonid Frantsevich
Journal: Journal of Experimental Biology
J Exp Biol (2010) 213 (11): 1836–1843.
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.041350
Published: 1 June 2010
... flight systems ( Nachtigall, 1964 ; Schneider and Meurer, 1975 ; Schneider and Hermes, 1976 ; Schneider, 1986 ). We measured trajectories and axes of rotation of the elytra during opening and closing ( Frantsevich et al., 2005 ). insect flight insect muscles flight biomechanics elytra...
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