SLEEP DURATION IN HORNETS IS INFLUENCED BY PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MEANS

Authors
ISHAY JS LEVTOV E
Citation
Js. Ishay et E. Levtov, SLEEP DURATION IN HORNETS IS INFLUENCED BY PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL MEANS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology, 109(3), 1994, pp. 567-573
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physiology,Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10964940
Volume
109
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
567 - 573
Database
ISI
SICI code
1096-4940(1994)109:3<567:SDIHII>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Hornet workers (Vespa orientalis, Hymenoptera, Vespinae) were anesthet ized by diethyl-ether, and their sleeping period was monitored. Sleep duration in hornets was found to be influenced by preexposure to horiz ontal rotation or to hypo- and hypergravity, by volatile fractions of their own venom and by the size of their habitat (crowding effect).