title: Complex social waves of giant honeybees provoked by a dummy wasp support the special-agent hypothesis.
abstract: The social waves in giant honeybees termed as shimmering are more complex than mexican waves. it has been demonstrated1 that shimmering is triggered by special agents at the nest surface. in this paper, we have used a nest that originated by amalgamation of two previously separated nests and stimulated waves by a dummy wasp moved on a miniature cable car. we illustrate the plausibility of the special-agent hypothesis1 also for complex shimmering processes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zoologie; Universität Graz; Universitätsplatz 2; Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kastberger
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Weihmann
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoetzl