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Drawing-Induced Changes in Morphology and Mechanical Properties of Hornet Silk Gel Films

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Alternative biomaterials: Natural, non-woven, fibroin-based silk nanofibers of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina)

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Brood comb as a humidity buffer in honeybee nests

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Hierarchical, multilayered cell walls reinforced by recycled silk cocoons enhance the structural integrity of honeybee combs

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Genomic Comparison of the Ants Camponotus floridanus and Harpegnathos saltator

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Insect Silk: One Name, Many Materials

(2009) Tara D. Sutherland et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Honeybee silk: Recombinant protein production, assembly and fiber spinning

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An Unlikely Silk: The Composite Material of Green Lacewing Cocoons

(2008) Sarah Weisman et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Identification, recombinant production and structural characterization of four silk proteins from the Asiatic honeybee Apis cerana

(2008) Jiahai Shi et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Hornet silk proteins in the cocoons produced by different Vespa species inhabiting Japan

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Variable-temperature 13C solid-state NMR study of the molecular structure of honeybee wax and silk

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