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Bumblebees Just Solved A Puzzle That Scientists Once Used To Test Chimpanzees

Most of us think of the bumblebee as a fuzzy, slightly clumsy passerby that bumbles from flower to flower. There are more than 250 species of them, and they are among the hardest-working pollinators on the planet. Their secret weapon is “buzz pollination”: they grip a flower and vibrate their…

Bored Panda · Oct 27

Bumblebee Social Learning: How Insects Solved a Puzzle and Taught Other Bees Without Any Instruction

What the experiment actually testedA bumblebee given a two-step puzzle box, one that required rotating a red tab before a second disc could be pushed aside to reach a sugar reward, had no prior experience with either step. Given enough time alone, most bees failed. Bees that watched a trained…

Times Life · Aug 16

‘They surprise me every time’: bees can use tools to solve problems, study finds

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4