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Influence of an additional magnetic field on hornet nest architecture

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An additional horizontal magnetic field is lethal for adult hornets and larvae. The juvenile hornets, however, are capable of adapting to the additional magnetic field. They build combs commencing in the regions of high field intensity, and proceeding in the direction of the field intensity decrease.

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  1. Department of Electronics, School of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    M. Kisliuk & J. Ishay

  2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel

    M. Kisliuk & J. Ishay

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Kisliuk, M., Ishay, J. Influence of an additional magnetic field on hornet nest architecture. Experientia 33, 885–887 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01951261

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