The Electronic Bee Spy: Eavesdropping on Honeybee Communication via Electrostatic Field Recordings

As a canary in a coalmine warns of dwindling breathable air, the honeybee can indicate the health of an ecosystem. Honeybees are the most important pollinators of fruit-bearing flowers, and share similar ecological niches with many other pollinators; therefore, the health of a honeybee colony can re...

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Main Authors: Benjamin H. Paffhausen, Julian Petrasch, Uwe Greggers, Aron Duer, Zhengwei Wang, Simon Menzel, Peter Stieber, Karén Haink, Morgan Geldenhuys, Jana Čavojská, Timo A. Stein, Sophia Wutke, Anja Voigt, Josephine Coburn, Randolf Menzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.647224/full