Jiangkun Wei

Sucking or lapping: facultative feeding mechanisms in honeybees (<i>Apis mellifera</i>)

Jiangkun Wei, Zixin Huo, Stanislav N. Gorb et al. · Biology Letters · 2020 · 29 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Zoology +14

Honey bees switch mechanisms to drink deep nectar efficiently

Jiangkun Wei, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Sue W. Nicolson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2023 · 19 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Entomology, Plant Sciences +14

Hydrophilic and opened canals in honey bee tongue rods endow elastic structures with multiple functions

Jiangkun Wei, Zixin Huo, Yingqi Liang et al. · Acta Biomaterialia · 2021 · 17 citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Biomechanics +11

Enhanced Flexibility of the Segmented Honey Bee Tongue with Hydrophobic Tongue Hairs

Jiangkun Wei, Yingqi Liang, Xingdi Chen et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · 2022 · 10 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Biomaterials +15