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Kinematic flexibility allows bumblebees to increase energetic efficiency when carrying heavy loads.
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- The Functions of Phasic Wing-Tip Folding on Flapping-Wing Aerodynamics.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Flying, nectar-loaded honey bees conserve water and improve heat tolerance by reducing wingbeat frequency and metabolic heat production.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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- Going against the flow: bumblebees prefer to fly upwind and display more variable kinematics when flying downwind.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Experimental studies suggest differences in the distribution of thorax elasticity between insects with synchronous and asynchronous musculature.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Distinct forms of resonant optimality within insect indirect flight motors.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- How and why do bees buzz? Implications for buzz pollination.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Review
- An evaluation of common methods for comparing the scaling of vertical force production in flying insects.Current research in insect science · 2022Article
- Rapid frequency modulation in a resonant system: aerial perturbation recovery in hawkmoths.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2021Article
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Abstract
Foraging bees fly with heavy loads of nectar and pollen, incurring energetic costs that are typically assumed to depend on load size. Insects can produce more force by increasing stroke amplitude and/or flapping frequency, but the kinematic response of a given species is thought to be consistent. We examined bumblebees (
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