Social learning: nectar robbing spreads socially in bumble bees.
Social transmission of learned behaviour is well documented in vertebrates but much less so among invertebrates. New research shows that nectar robbing can spread socially among bumble bees, even in the absence of nectar-robbing models.
Sherry
David F
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Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. sherry@uwo.ca
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000502:physiology*; D035264:Flowers; D007858:Learning; D054817:Pollination; D012919:Social Behavior