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Internidal drifting of workers in the Japanese paper waspPolistes chinensis antennalis (Vespidae; Hymenoptera)

Nest wechsef der Arbeiterinnen bei der japanischen Papierwespe Polistes chinensis antennalis (Vespidae, hymenoptera)

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Some workers of the Japanese paper wasp,Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez drifted from the maternal nests to other nests. Some of these workers performed tasks for nests they had drifted in. One possible cause of drifting should be errors in the memory of terrains around the nests by these workers.

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Einige Arbeiterinnen der japanischen Faltenwespe,Polistes chinensis antennalis Pérez verflogen aus den mütterlichen Nestern auf fremde Nester. Diese verflogene Arbeiterinnen beschaftigen sich an Sozialdienste in den fremden Nestern. Der möglichen Ursachen muss Gedächtnisirtümer in Bezug auf Terrain der Nester von diesen Arbeiterinnen sein

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Nematology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, 464, Nagoya, Japan

    Eiiti Kasuya

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Kasuya, E. Internidal drifting of workers in the Japanese paper waspPolistes chinensis antennalis (Vespidae; Hymenoptera). Ins. Soc 28, 343–346 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02224191

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