Influence of an additional magnetic field on hornet nest architecture

Kisliuk, M.; Ishay, Jacob S.

doi:10.1007/bf01951261

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“…They are honeybees (Gould et al, 1978;Loper, 1985), butterflies (Jones and MacFadden, 1982;MacFadden and Jones, 1985;Etheredge et al, 1999;, moths (Baker and Mather, 1982), ants (Wajnberg et al, 2000;Anderson and Vander Meer, 1993;Camltitepe and Stradling, 1995), termites (Rickli and Leuthold, 1988) and hornets (Kisliuk and Ishay, 1977). Magnetic materials have been detected in some of them.…”

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“…In hornets, the behaviour of nest building is affected by an additional magnetic field (Kisliuk and Ishay, 1977). The magnetic remanence has been detected in the abdomen (Hsu, 2002).…”

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“…Among insects, due to their differential behavior with respect to the external magnetic field, iron deposition has been suspected to occur in honeybees (Gould et al, 1978;Loper, 1985), butterflies (Jones and MacFadden, 1982;MacFadden and Jones, 1985;Etheredge et al, 1999;Perez, et al, 1999), moths (Baker and Mather, 1982), ants (Wajnberg et al, 2000;Anderson and Vander Meer, 1993;Camltitepe and Stradling, 1995;Esquivel et al, 1999), termites (Maher, 1998) and hornets (Kisliuk and Ishay, 1977;Hsu, 2002). However, iron deposition so far has been definitely demonstrated only in honeybees (Kuterbach et al, 1982;Hsu andLi, 1993, 1994) and bumblebees (Walcott, 1985).…”

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The processes of iron deposition in the common hornet (vespa affinis)

Hsu

2004

Biology of the Cell

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Among insects, only honeybees and bumblebees deposit iron biominerals intracellularly. Although hornet's behaviour is affected by the magnetic field and their abdomen has magnetic remanence, it is not known whether hornets (Vespa affınis) deposit iron biominerals and whether the process of iron deposition in hornets is the same as that of honeybees and bumblebees. Transmission electron microscopy and atomic emission spectroscopy were employed to study intracellular iron deposition in hornets. Iron deposition began on day 2 after eclosion. Primary iron-granules (IGs) are first formed in primary iron deposition vesicles (IDVs) by the aggregation of tiny dense particles. Primary IDVs are double membrane vesicles that seem to derive from endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Primary IGs enlarged continuously into IGs by the aggregation of tiny dense particles till day 5 after eclosion. Next, IGs and IDVs fused to enlarge on day 7. Between days 10 and 17 IGs enlarged continuously in size by the aggregation of tiny dense particles. The cloudy area beneath the inner membrane of IDVs plays an important role in the formation of the tiny dense particles. IGs became mature on day 25 and left a small space, about 10nm in width, between IGs and the outer membrane of IDVs. IDVs including IGs are randomly distributed within the cytoplasm of trophocytes beneath the cuticle of hornets. Elemental composition analysis indicates that IGs are mainly comprised of iron, phosphorus and minor amounts of calcium.

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“…In hornets, the behaviour of nest building is affected by an additional magnetic field (Kisliuk and Ishay, 1977). The magnetic remanence has been detected in the abdomen (Hsu, 2002).…”

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The processes of iron deposition in the common hornet (vespa affinis)

Hsu

2004

Biology of the Cell

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“…This is the result of varying natural conditions like daylight length (Ishay et al, 1983), ambient temperature (Ishay et al, 1983), humidity (Ishay et al, 1967), as well as external perturbations like drugs (Ishay, 1976), strong magnetic field (Kisliuk and Ishay, 1977), or gravitational acceleration (Ishay and Sadeh, 1975). Cell-size variations due to these factors are usually small.…”

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Do Bees and Hornets Use Acoustic Resonance in Order to Monitor and Coordinate Comb Construction?

Bergman

Ishay

2007

Bull. Math. Biol.

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We propose that social hornets and bees, who construct large arrays (known as combs) of cells for hatching and brooding their offspring, exploit ultrasonic acoustic resonances in those cells in order to implement the accurate honeycomb structure exhibited by those arrays. This idea is supported by a number of theoretical considerations, including a detailed analysis of the spectrum of lateral acoustic resonances in a cell with circular cross section, considered as an approximation to the actual perfect hexagon shape. It is also supported by the results of some previous measurements of the acoustic spectrum in a nest of Oriental hornets.

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“…In insects, eusocial Hymenoptera (especially bees and ants) have become target species for the study of the use, composition, and function of a magnetic compass . Eusocial hymenopterans have been found to use a magnetic compass during foraging (Walker and Bitterman 1985;Banks and Srygley 2003;Riveros and Srygley 2008) and nest construction (Kisliuk and Ishay 1977;DeJong 1982;Vogt et al 2008). Numerous behavioral assays as well as the presence of magnetic particles in different tissues suggest that a magnetite-based compass may be broadly extended in the group.…”

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