Strength-mass scaling law governs mass distribution inside honey bee swarms

Abstract To survive during colony reproduction, bees create dense clusters of thousands of suspended individuals. How does this swarm, which is orders of magnitude larger than the size of an individual, maintain mechanical stability? We hypothesize that the internal structure in the bulk of the swar...

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Prif Awduron: Olga Shishkov, Claudia Chen, Claire Allison Madonna, Kaushik Jayaram, Orit Peleg
Fformat: Erthygl
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Cyfres:Scientific Reports
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21347-5