Honeybee flight dynamics and pair separation in windy conditions near the hive entrance

Abstract Animals and living organisms are continuously adapting to changes in their environment. How do animals, especially those that critical ecosystem, respond rapidly changing conditions environment? Here, we report on the three-dimensional trajectories of flying honeybees under calm windy front hive entrance. We also investigate pitch yaw our experiments. find mean velocities, accelerations angular velocities increase with increasing wind speeds. observed pair separation between is highly controlled independent Our results coordination used by may have potential applications for coordinated flight unmanned aerial vehicles.