Publications
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2011
Extension of the diet of an extreme foraging specialist, the aardwolf (Proteles cristata)
de Vries, J. L., Pirk, C. W. W., Bateman, P. W., Cameron, E. Z. et al.
African Zoology
The aardwolf, Proteles cristata, is a highly specialized myrmecophagous carnivore that feeds almost exclusively on termites of...
2011
Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows
Duangphakdee, Orawan, Radloff, Sarah, Pirk, Christian W. W., Hepburn, Randall
Psyche
Because the waggle dances of honeybees contain celestial components, modifications of the dances occur with changing celestial...
2011
Energetic Aspects of Flight
Hepburn, H. R., Pirk, Christian W. W., Radloff, Sarah E.
Honeybees of Asia
2011
The honeybee disease American foulbrood – An African perspective
Human, Hannelie, Pirk, Christian Walter Werner, Crewe, Robin M., Dietemann, Vincent
African Entomology
Sustaining apiculture worldwide has been threatened by bee diseases and unexplained colony losses. African honeybee populations...
Nov 2010
Economics of comb wax salvage by the red dwarf honeybee, Apis florea
Pirk, Christian W. W., Crous, Kendall, Duangphakdee, Orawan, Radloff, Sarah et al.
Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology
Colonies of Apis florea, which only abscond a short distance, usually return to salvage old nest wax; but, those colonies, and...
Mar 2011
Errors in comb building behaviour in Apis cerana cerana that result in entrapped workers
Zheng, H. Q., Hu, F. L., Pirk, C. W. W.
Insectes Sociaux
Self-organization of comb building behaviour is an instinct of honeybees. Here we report a case in which honeybee workers show a...
Mar 2011
Fluorescence intermittency from the main plant light-harvesting complex: Sensitivity to the local environment
Krüger, T.P.J., Ilioaia, C., Valkunas, L., Van Grondelle, R.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
The time-resolved fluorescence intensity fluctuations from single, immobilized complexes of the main light-harvesting complex...