ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2019
Honeybees use their wings for water surface locomotion.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Bee swimming is adaptive but disrupted by insecticide.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Heavy metal pollution from a shooting range revealed by honeybees.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2025Article
- Undulatory Propulsion at Milliscale on Water Surface.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024Article
- Vibration-Induced-Flow Mechanism and Its Application in Water Surface Robot.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Miniature Amphibious Robot Actuated by Rigid-Flexible Hybrid Vibration Modules.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Interfacial phenomena of water striders on water surfaces: a review from biology to biomechanics.Zoological research · 2020Review
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Abstract
Honeybees display a unique biolocomotion strategy at the air-water interface. When water's adhesive force traps them on the surface, their wetted wings lose ability to generate aerodynamic thrust. However, they adequately locomote, reaching a speed up to 3 body lengths·s
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