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@article{Millor99, abstract = {We investigated the defensive behavior of honeybees under controlled experimental conditions. During an attack on two identical targets, the spatial distribution of stings varied as a function of the total number of stings, evincing the classic "pitchfork bifurcation" phenomenon of nonlinear dynamics. The experimental results support a model of defensive behavior based on a self-organizing mechanism. The model helps to explain several of the characteristic features of the honeybee defensive response: (i) the ability of the colony to localize and focus its attack, (ii) the strong variability between different hives in the intensity of attack, as well as (iii) the variability observed within the same hive, and (iv) the ability of the colony to amplify small differences between the targets.}, author = {Millor, J. and Pham-Delegue, M. and Deneubourg, J. L. and Camazine, S.}, citeulike-article-id = {3855310}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10535970}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10535970}, day = {26}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {bees, controlled-experiment, self-organization}, month = {October}, number = {22}, pages = {12611--12615}, posted-at = {2009-01-06 21:37:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Self-organized defensive behavior in honeybees.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10535970}, volume = {96}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - Millor99 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3855310 N2 - We investigated the defensive behavior of honeybees under controlled experimental conditions. During an attack on two identical targets, the spatial distribution of stings varied as a function of the total number of stings, evincing the classic "pitchfork bifurcation" phenomenon of nonlinear dynamics. The experimental results support a model of defensive behavior based on a self-organizing mechanism. The model helps to explain several of the characteristic features of the honeybee defensive response: (i) the ability of the colony to localize and focus its attack, (ii) the strong variability between different hives in the intensity of attack, as well as (iii) the variability observed within the same hive, and (iv) the ability of the colony to amplify small differences between the targets. IS - 22 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences SN - 0027-8424 EP - 12615 TI - Self-organized defensive behavior in honeybees. VL - 96 SP - 12611 KW - bees KW - controlled-experiment KW - self-organization AU - Millor, J AU - Pham-Delegue, M AU - Deneubourg, JL AU - Camazine, S PY - 1999/10/26/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10535970 ER -