Honey bees (Apis cerana) use animal feces as a tool to defend colonies against group attack by giant hornets (Vespa soror)

A scientific note on the ‘Liebefeld Method’ to estimate honey bee colony strength: its history, use, and translation

(2020) Benjamin Dainat et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Assessing the ecological niche and invasion potential of the Asian giant hornet

(2020) Gengping Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fecal contamination, parasite risk, and waterhole use by wild animals in a dry deciduous forest

(2019) Caroline R. Amoroso et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Tree cricket baffles are manufactured tools

(2018) Natasha Mhatre   ETHOLOGY

Insect societies fight back: the evolution of defensive traits against social parasites

(2018) Christoph Grüter et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Behavioral responses of honey bees, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera, to Vespa mandarinia marking and alarm pheromones

(2018) Beverly McClenaghan et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

First report on the emergency dance of Apis cerana japonica , which induces odorous plant material collection in response to Vespa mandarinia japonica scouting

(2017) Ayumi Fujiwara et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Agonistic interactions between the honeybee (Apis mellifera ligustica) and the European wasp (Vespula germanica) reveal context-dependent defense strategies

(2017) Michelina Pusceddu et al.   PLoS One

A scientific note on hive entrance smearing in Japanese Apis cerana induced by pre-mass attack scouting by the Asian giant hornet Vespa mandarinia

(2016) Ayumi Fujiwara et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Salt preferences of honey bee water foragers

(2016) Pierre W. Lau et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Honey Bee Inhibitory Signaling Is Tuned to Threat Severity and Can Act as a Colony Alarm Signal

(2016) Ken Tan et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Earwigs (Labidura riparia) mimic rotting-flesh odor to deceive vertebrate predators

(2015) John A. Byers   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Earwigs (Labidura riparia) mimic rotting-flesh odor to deceive vertebrate predators

(2015) John A. Byers   Science of Nature

Defensive behaviour of Apis mellifera against Vespa velutina in France: Testing whether European honeybees can develop an effective collective defence against a new predator

(2014) Mariangela Arca et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) mob wasps away from the nest by directed visual patterns

(2014) Gerald Kastberger et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Olfactory Attraction of the Hornet Vespa velutina to Honeybee Colony Odors and Pheromones

(2014) Antoine Couto et al.   PLoS One

Infection-avoidance behaviour in humans and other animals

(2014) Valerie A. Curtis   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Both olfactory and visual cues promote the hornet Vespa velutina to locate its honeybee prey Apis cerana

(2013) Z. W. Wang et al.   INSECTES SOCIAUX

Apis cerana swarms abscond to battle and elude hornets (Vespa spp.) in northern Thailand

(2013) Willard S Robinson   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Phylogeny of hornets: a total evidence approach (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Vespinae, Vespa)

(2013) Adrien Perrard et al.   JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH

Mini review: Mode of action of mosquito repellents

(2013) Joseph C. Dickens et al.   PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

An ‘I see you’ prey–predator signal between the Asian honeybee, Apis cerana, and the hornet, Vespa velutina

(2012) Ken Tan et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Predation pressure dynamics study of the recently introduced honeybee killer Vespa velutina: learning from the enemy

(2012) Karine Monceau et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Making scents of defense: do fecal shields and herbivore-caused volatiles match host plant chemical profiles?

(2012) Ken Keefover-Ring   CHEMOECOLOGY

A colony defence difference between two honey bee subspecies (Apis mellifera cypria and Apis mellifera caucasica)

(2012) Irfan Kandemir et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Larvicidal and repellent activity of Hyptis suaveolens (Lamiaceae) essential oil against the mosquito Aedes albopictus Skuse (Diptera: Culicidae)

(2011) Barbara Conti et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Population structure and classification ofApis cerana

(2010) Sarah E. Radloff et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Animal tool use: current definitions and an updated comprehensive catalog

(2010) Vicki Bentley-Condit et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Defence reactions ofApis mellifera ligusticaagainst attacks from the European hornetVespa crabro

(2010) D. Baracchi et al.   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea

(2010) Christian W. W. Pirk et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Orchid Mimics Honey Bee Alarm Pheromone in Order to Attract Hornets for Pollination

(2009) Jennifer Brodmann et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The Chlorophyll Catabolite, Pheophorbide a, Confers Predation Resistance in a Larval Tortoise Beetle Shield Defense

(2009) Fredric V. Vencl et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Heat and carbon dioxide generated by honeybees jointly act to kill hornets

(2009) Michio Sugahara et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Revisiting the definition of animal tool use

(2008) Robert St Amant et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

High frequency sounds produced by Cyprian honeybeesApis mellifera cypriawhen confronting their predator, the Oriental hornetVespa orientalis

(2008) Alexandros Papachristoforou et al.   APIDOLOGIE

Social Waves in Giant Honeybees Repel Hornets

(2008) Gerald Kastberger et al.   PLoS One

Setting tool use within the context of animal construction behaviour

(2008) M HANSELL et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION