The beeTetragonulabuilds its comb like a crystal | Zendy

Silvana S. S. Cardoso | Zendy; Julyan H. E. Cartwright | Zendy; António Checa | Zendy; Bruno Escribano | Zendy; Antonio J. OsunaMascaró | Zendy; C. Ignacio SainzDíaz | Zendy

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The beeTetragonulabuilds its comb like a crystal

Author(s) -

Silvana S. S. Cardoso,

Julyan H. E. Cartwright,

António Checa,

Bruno Escribano,

Antonio J. OsunaMascaró,

C. Ignacio SainzDíaz

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the royal society interface

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655

H-Index - 139

eISSN - 1742-5689

pISSN - 1742-5662

DOI - 10.1098/rsif.2020.0187

Subject(s) - crystal (programming language) , biology , anatomy , computer science , programming language

Stingless bees of the genusTetragonula construct a brood comb with a spiral or a target pattern architecture in three dimensions. Crystals possess these same patterns on the molecular scale. Here, we show that the same excitable-medium dynamics governs both crystal nucleation and growth and comb construction inTetragonula , so that a minimal coupled-map lattice model based on crystal growth explains how these bees produce the structures seen in their bee combs.

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