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College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University

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2003

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Taking The Sting Out Of Wasp Nests: A Dialogue On Modeling In Mathematical Biology, Jennifer C. Klein, Thomas Q. Sibley May 2003

Taking The Sting Out Of Wasp Nests: A Dialogue On Modeling In Mathematical Biology, Jennifer C. Klein, Thomas Q. Sibley

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Wasps in hot climates build elongated nests, while in colder areas they tend to be circular. Mathematics cannot explain that, but there are questions about numbers of cells that can be answered.