{
  "name": "Bumblebee wingbeats as periods and musical notes",
  "desc": "Period and nearest musical note for single-valued bumblebee and honeybee wingbeat frequencies, with the condition and source of each frequency",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/insects/bumblebee-flight/",
  "from": [
    "media/wingbeat-frequencies.csv (shared file, rows with a single value for Bombus and Apis); notes in equal temperament with A4 = 440 Hz"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Frequencies: Yasuda H et al. 2026, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icag077; Tahmasian S, Kotulak-Smith BC 2024, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53139-4; Casey C et al. 2023, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0029 (retrieved 2026-10-25)",
    "Frequencies: Miller-Struttmann NE et al. 2017, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179273; Combes SA, Gravish N, Gagliardi SF 2023, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245374; Altshuler DL et al. 2005 (abstract), https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506590102 (retrieved 2026-10-25)",
    "Periods and notes computed 2026-10-25"
  ]
}