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APPENDIX 2

Parameters for hyperbolic decay functions calculated for the particle velocity above and around a bee at the respective direction relative to the intact or wingless bee

		Intact					Wingless
	Direction	x	y	R² (%)	x	y	R² (%)
Above bee
Vertically oriented^*	He	189	0.14	55	175	0.16	53
	Tx	597	0.08	68	556	0.09	69
	Wt/Abd	1084	0.06	69	336	1.36	58
Around bee
Vertically oriented^*	(i)	11	2.26	82	9	3.31	76
	(ii)	29	0.69	82	13	2.03	73
	(iii)	333	0.07	88	54	0.46	72
	(iv)	66	0.36	83	56	0.43	72
	(v)	101	0.23	72	8	3.69	66
	(vi)	327	0.08	72	14	1.65	76
Horizontally oriented^**	(i)	27	10.48	76	15	16.28	76
	(ii)	13	15.98	75	13	15.94	72
	(iii)	12	14.98	81	9	22.08	69
	(iv)	13	14.99	79	9	23.18	68
	(v)	11	16.93	67	9	20.69	75
	(vi)	13	15.97	78	8	24.20	77

		Intact					Wingless
	Direction	x	y	R² (%)	x	y	R² (%)
Above bee
Vertically oriented^*	He	189	0.14	55	175	0.16	53
	Tx	597	0.08	68	556	0.09	69
	Wt/Abd	1084	0.06	69	336	1.36	58
Around bee
Vertically oriented^*	(i)	11	2.26	82	9	3.31	76
	(ii)	29	0.69	82	13	2.03	73
	(iii)	333	0.07	88	54	0.46	72
	(iv)	66	0.36	83	56	0.43	72
	(v)	101	0.23	72	8	3.69	66
	(vi)	327	0.08	72	14	1.65	76
Horizontally oriented^**	(i)	27	10.48	76	15	16.28	76
	(ii)	13	15.98	75	13	15.94	72
	(iii)	12	14.98	81	9	22.08	69
	(iv)	13	14.99	79	9	23.18	68
	(v)	11	16.93	67	9	20.69	75
	(vi)	13	15.97	78	8	24.20	77

He, above head; Tx, above thorax; Wt/Abd, above wingtips or abdomen; around the bee (i-vi), see Fig. 1B

Decay functions: ^*VA_d=xy/y+d; ^**VA_d=xy³/(y+d)³(see Appendix 1). VA_d, particle velocity, p-p, at distance d; x, y: function variables

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