Social Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony

Social learning occurs when one individual learns from another, mainly conspecific, often by observation, imitation, or communication. Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in foraging positions or (b) watch live bumblebe...

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Main Authors: Hamida B. Mirwan, Peter G. Kevan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Psyche: A Journal of Entomology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/768108
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