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DOI	10.1073/pnas.2103605118
	Imperfect comb construction reveals the architectural abilities of honeybees
	Smith M.L.; Napp N.; Petersen K.H.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	0027-8424
卷号	118 期号:31
英文摘要	Honeybees are renowned for their perfectly hexagonal honeycomb, hailed as the pinnacle of biological architecture for its ability to maximize storage area while minimizing building material. However, in natural nests, workers must regularly transition between different cell sizes, merge inconsistent combs, and optimize construction in constrained geometries. These spatial obstacles pose challenges to workers building perfect hexagons, but it is unknown to what extent workers act as architects versus simple automatons during these irregular building scenarios. Using automated image analysis to extract the irregularities in natural comb building, we show that some building configurations are more difficult for the bees than others, and that workers overcome these challenges using a combination of building techniques, such as: Intermediatesized cells, regular motifs of irregular shapes, and gradual modifications of cell tilt. Remarkably, by anticipating these building challenges, workers achieve high-quality merges using limited local sensing, on par with analytical models that require global optimization. Unlike automatons building perfectly replicated hexagons, these building irregularities showcase the active role that workers take in shaping their nest and the true architectural abilities of honeybees. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Collective behavior; Nest construction; Optimization; Spatial structure; Superorganism
语种	英语
scopus关键词	article; honeybee; human; image analysis; nonhuman; worker
来源期刊	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/238673
作者单位	Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, United States; Department of Collective Behaviour, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz, 78464, Germany; Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, 78464, Germany; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Smith M.L.,Napp N.,Petersen K.H.. Imperfect comb construction reveals the architectural abilities of honeybees[J],2021,118(31).
APA	Smith M.L.,Napp N.,&Petersen K.H..(2021).Imperfect comb construction reveals the architectural abilities of honeybees.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America,118(31).
MLA	Smith M.L.,et al."Imperfect comb construction reveals the architectural abilities of honeybees".Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118.31(2021).