Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology
animal cognition, sensory systems, pollination ecology, social insects, animal consciousness, animal welfare
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and Behaviour
Bumble bee string-pulling skill spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditionsResponse-Specific Behavioral Plasticity in Habituation Triggered by Repeated Visual Looming Stimuli in Foraging Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)Reassessment confirms motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumble beesBees, blindsight, and consciousnessThe exploration of consciousness in insectsDuration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisBumblebees prefer shorter over longer strings and connected over disconnected ones in string‐pulling tasks but prioritize connectivity over spatial proximity when the two are in conflictA neuromorphic model of active vision shows how spatiotemporal encoding in lobula neurons can aid pattern recognition in beesActive vision of bees in a simple pattern discrimination taskBumblebee string-pulling skill spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditionsBumblebeesTheory of morphodynamic information processing: Linking sensing to behaviourChallenges and promises of big team comparative cognitionDoes bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?Behaviour of honeybees integrated into bumblebee nests and the responses of their hostsNoxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebeesBumblebees attend to both the properties of the string and the target in string‐pulling tasks, but prioritize the features of the stringBumble bees’ food preferences are jointly shaped by rapid evaluation of nectar sugar concentration and viscosityBumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate aloneBumblebee social learning outcomes correlate with their flower-facing behaviourBumblebees display stimulus-specific persistence behaviour after being trained on delayed reinforcementLa vie intérieure des insectesThe Inner Lives of Insects: Bees and other insects are far more cognitively complex than previously thought-a revelation that has wide-ranging ethical implications.Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare?Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb constructionNimbleAI: Towards Neuromorphic Sensing-Processing 3D-integrated ChipsBees learn to danceBumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learningEscaping anthropocentrism in the study of non-human culture: Comment on “Blind alleys and fruitful pathways in the comparative study of cultural cognition” by Andrew WhitenThe Doors of Animal PerceptionDo bumble bees play?Editorial: Comparative animal consciousnessBumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settingsMotivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebeesDescending control of nociception in insects?4 “It’s Just Instinct”— or Is It?7 Learning about Flowers9 The Brains Behind It All10 “Personality” Differences between Bees2 Seeing in Strange Colors11 Do Bees Have Consciousness?6 Learning about SpaceNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY3 The Alien Sensory World of Bees12 Afterword: What our Knowledge of Bees’ Minds Means for Their ConservationILLUSTRATION CREDITS5 The Roots of Bee Intelligence and Communication1 Introduction8 From Social Learning to “Swarm Intelligence”Discrimination of edge orientation by bumblebeesSocial cognition in insectsGenomic Signatures of Recent Adaptation in a Wild BumblebeeCentral Place ForagingCan insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidenceA framework for evaluating evidence of pain in animalsGut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebeesBumble bees strategically use ground level linear features in navigationStigmergy versus behavioral flexibility and planning in honeybee comb constructionHarmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate between multiple aerial leksAnimal Cognition: The Self-Image of a BumblebeeDifferent effects of reward value and saliency during bumblebee visual search for multiple rewarding targetsHoney bees adjust colour preferences in response to concurrent social information from conspecifics and heterospecificsCharles H. Turner, pioneer in animal cognitionBumblebees Learn a Relational Rule but Switch to a Win-Stay/Lose-Switch Heuristic After Extensive TrainingThe secret lives of bees as horticulturists?Bumblebees Use Sequential Scanning of Countable Items in Visual Patterns to Solve Numerosity TasksSelective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary beesBumble bees display cross-modal object recognition between visual and tactile sensesEditorial: The Mechanisms of Insect CognitionFlower colour diversity seen through the eyes of pollinators. A commentary on: ‘Floral colour structure in two Australian herbaceous communities: it depends on who is looking’What is cognition?Randomly weighted receptor inputs can explain the large diversity of colour-coding neurons in the bee visual systemTemporal correlation of elevated PRMT1 gene expression with mushroom body neurogenesis during bumblebee brain developmentHarmonic radar tracking reveals random dispersal pattern of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queens after hibernationCaste‐ and pesticide‐specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebeesAnimal Behaviour: Conformity and the Beginnings of Culture in an InsectA spatial network analysis of resource partitioning between bumblebees foraging on artificial flowers in a flight cageExpanding ConsciousnessInsect-Inspired Sequential Inspection Strategy Enables an Artificial Network of Four Neurons to Estimate NumerosityHow foresight might support the behavioral flexibility of arthropodsBumblebees Express Consistent, but Flexible, Speed-Accuracy Tactics Under Different Levels of Predation ThreatHigh-Speed Videography Reveals How Honeybees Can Turn a Spatial Concept Learning Task Into a Simple Discrimination Task by Stereotyped Flight Movements and Sequential Inspection of Pattern ElementsThe past, present and future of the beasts that may have made our brains Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees Thor Hanson (Basic Books, New York, NY; 2018) ISBN: 978-0-465-05261-5Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patternsCognitive Aspects of Comb-Building in the Honeybee?The Importance of Spatial Visual Scene Parameters in Predicting Optimal Cone Sensitivities in Routinely Trichromatic Frugivorous Old-World PrimatesAdaptive learning in non-social insects: from theory to field work, and backUnderwater image and video dehazing with pure haze region segmentationLarge-scale transcriptome changes in the process of long-term visual memory formation in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestrisBumblebee social learning can lead to suboptimal foraging choicesCounting insectsCentral Place ForagingContinuous Radar Tracking Illustrates the Development of Multi-destination Routes of BumblebeesColor discrimination is not just limited by photoreceptor noise: a comment on Olsson et al.Active vision: A broader comparative perspective is neededAssociative visual learning by tethered bees in a controlled visual environmentA possible structural correlate of learning performance on a colour discrimination task in the brain of the bumblebeeBee cognitionThe frontiers of insect cognitionAnalysing plant–pollinator interactions with spatial movement networksOlfactory learning without the mushroom bodies: Spiking neural network models of the honeybee lateral antennal lobe tract reveal its capacities in odour memory tasks of varied complexitiesA Simple Computational Model of the Bee Mushroom Body Can Explain Seemingly Complex Forms of Olfactory Learning and MemoryNicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral featuresSheep in wolf's clothing: multicomponent traits enhance the success of mimicry in spider-mimicking mothsMultispectral images of flowers reveal the adaptive significance of using long-wavelength-sensitive receptors for edge detection in beesBumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving on an observed complex behaviorInsect Bio-inspired Neural Network Provides New Evidence on How Simple Feature Detectors Can Enable Complex Visual Generalization and Stimulus Location Invariance in the Miniature Brain of HoneybeesWhat Can Bee Scanning Tell Us About Visual Pattern RecognitionPrimer Bee cognitionCorrection: Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an InsectA Simple Computational Model of the Bee Mushroom Body Can Explain Seemingly Complex Forms of Olfactory Learning and MemoryAlarm substances induce associative social learning in honeybees, Apis melliferaAssociative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an InsectEvolving understanding of nervous system evolutionUnexpected rewards induce dopamine-dependent positive emotion–like state changes in bumblebeesFacial patterns in a tropical social wasp correlate with colony membershipLife-Long Radar Tracking of BumblebeesSignatures of a globally optimal searching strategy in the three-dimensional foraging flights of bumblebeesCopy-when-uncertain: bumblebees rely on social information when rewards are highly variableEditorial overview: Behavioural ecology—molecular and neural mechanisms underpinning adaptive behaviour in insectsMonitoring Flower Visitation Networks and Interactions between Pairs of Bumble Bees in a Large Outdoor Flight CageFlower Iridescence Increases Object Detection in the Insect Visual System without Compromising Object IdentityMale bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, perform equally well as workers in a serial colour-learning taskA Neural Network Model for the Dynamics of Orientation Selectivity Neurons in the Bee Visual SystemSensor Capability and Atmospheric Correction in Ocean Colour Remote SensingBehavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees?Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebeesThe effect of polyploidy and hybridization on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae)Speed–accuracy trade-offs and individually consistent decision making by individuals and dyads of zebrafish in a colour discrimination taskWeak and contradictory effects of self-medication with nectar nicotine by parasitized bumblebeesBumblebees utilize floral cues differently on vertically and horizontally arranged flowersThe influence of past experience with flower reward quality on social learning in bumblebeesMerging of Long-Term Memories in an InsectMerging of Long-Term Memories in an InsectHoneybees ( Apis mellifera) exhibit flexible visual search strategies for vertical targets presented at various heightsSpeed and accuracy in nest-mate recognition: A hover wasp prioritizes face recognition over colony odour cues to minimize intrusion by outsidersThe genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organizationHierarchical rank-based veiling light estimation for underwater dehazingLocal enhancement or stimulus enhancement? Bumblebee social learning results in a specific pattern of flower preferenceBumblebees (Bombus terrestris) use social information as an indicator of safety in dangerous environments.Effects of resource variation during early life and adult social environment on contest outcomes in burying beetles: a context-dependent silver spoon strategy?Colour constancy in insects.Can bees see at a glance?Observational conditioning in flower choice copying by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): influence of observer distance and demonstrator movement.Bumblebee colour patterns and predation risk: a reply to Owen (2014)Interactions between innate color preferences, individual experience and social information in bumblebee foraging decisionsCan bees see at a glance?Strategies of the honeybee Apis mellifera during visual search for vertical targets presented at various heights: a role for spatial attention?False memory susceptibility is correlated with categorisation ability in humans.Spatial memory in insect navigation.Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids.The biological significance of color constancy: an agent-based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illumination.The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions.The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactionsDaily changes in ultraviolet light levels can synchronize the circadian clock of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model.Neuroscience. Caffeine boosts bees' memories.Breaking Haller's rule: brain-body size isometry in a minute parasitic wasp.A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements.Mechanisms of social learning across species boundariesUnravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees.Can bees simultaneously engage in adaptive foraging behaviour and attend to cryptic predators?Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of neotropical orchidsVisual signals: color and light productionVisionEpigenetics: the making of ant castes.An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insectsIllumination preference, illumination constancy and colour discrimination by bumblebees in an environment with patchy light.Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Bumblebees Foraging under Predation RiskBees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes.Spatio-temporal dynamics of bumblebees foraging under predation riskCognition: Your face looks familiar.Conspecific and heterospecific information use in bumblebees.Colour-independent shape recognition of cryptic predators by bumblebeesPossible chemical mimicry of the European lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus)What is comparable in comparative cognition?Radar tracking and motion-sensitive cameras on flowers reveal the development of pollinator multi-destination routes over large spatial scales.No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies.An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects.Consistent Interindividual Differences in Discrimination Performance by Bumblebees in Colour, Shape and Odour Learning Tasks (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris)Merging of Long-Term Memories in an InsectVISUAL SEARCH AND ATTENTION IN BUMBLEBEESDo inexperienced bumblebee foragers use scent marks as social information?Cross-Modal Learning between Visual and Vibration Signals in Zebrafish Danio RerioWhy do so many petals have conical epidermal cells?Animal behaviour: emotion in invertebrates?Information processing in miniature brains.Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic Antirrhinum lines.Is colour cognitive?Animal cognition: concepts from apes to bees.Honeybee DemocracyModelling the quantitative effects of colour vision applied to a foraging honey beePhotoreceptor processing speed and input resistance changes during light adaptation correlate with spectral class in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens.Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebeesInsects as Art LoversTesting the biological significance of colour constancy in an agent based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illuminationFReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour.FReD: the floral reflectance database--a web portal for analyses of flower colour.Travel optimization by foraging bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations.'Personality' in bumblebees: individual consistency in responses to novel colours?Epigenetics of royalty.Effects of aposematic coloration on predation risk in bumblebees? A comparison between differently coloured populations, with consideration of the ultravioletPhotoreceptor spectral sensitivity in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae).Circadian foraging rhythms of bumblebees monitored by radio-frequency identification.Reuse of identified neurons in multiple neural circuits.Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the midnight sun measured with radiofrequency identification.Differences in photoreceptor processing speed for chromatic and achromatic vision in the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.Winter active bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) achieve high foraging rates in urban Britain.Bees use three-dimensional information to improve target detection.A failed invasion? Commercially introduced pollinators in Southern FranceAre bigger brains better?Potential application of the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial greenhouse pollinationResponse to Comment on Floral Iridescence, Produced by Diffractive Optics, Acts As a Cue for Animal PollinatorsSpeed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making.Bumble-bees learn the value of social cues through experience.Conical epidermal cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency.Predator crypsis enhances behaviourally mediated indirect effects on plants by altering bumblebee foraging preferences.A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisMeasuring the Adaptiveness of Social Insect Foraging StrategiesFlower colours along an alpine altitude gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinatorsVariability in sensory ecology: expanding the bridge between physiology and evolutionary biology.How floral odours are learned inside the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) nest.Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants.Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators.Social information use in foraging insectsMeasuring the adaptiveness of social insect foraging strategies - an empirical approachFlower color phenology in European grassland and woodland habitats, through the eyes of pollinatorsLearning, specialization, efficiency and task allocation in social insects.Animal personalities: the advantage of diversity.Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs and False Alarms in Bee Responses to Cryptic PredatorsColony nutritional status modulates worker responses to foraging recruitment pheromone in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisThe interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebeesSocial transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumble-beesThe correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumble-bees.Can aphids play football?Cognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry?Mengen der Nektarerzeugung bei 75 von Hummeln besuchten Blumenarten in einem deutschen Pflanzenbestand (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris)Kein Nachweis für Hummelbesuch der Kanarischen Vogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae)The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)Social learning in insects - From miniature brains to consensus buildingAre autumn foliage colors red signals to aphids?The adaptive significance of sensory bias in a foraging context: floral colour preferences in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.Pollen foraging: learning a complex motor skill by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)Distinguishing signals and cues: bumblebees use general footprints to generate adaptive behaviour at flowers and nestPhotoreceptor spectral sensitivity in island and mainland populations of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestrisTraplining in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): a foraging strategy's ontogeny and the importance of spatial reference memory in short-range foraging.Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colourVisual ecology of aphids-a critical review on the role of colours in host findingVisual search and the importance of time in complex decision making by beesA review of: Bumblebees. Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA.Warm flowers, happy pollinatorsSeeing red by accident?No evidence for a visit of bumblebees to the Canarian bird-flower (Hymenoptera: Apidae)A review of: Bumblebees – Behaviour and Ecology.A review of: Letters from the Hive – An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Buchmann S & Banning R.Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus)Nectar production rates of 75 bumblebee-visited flower species in a German flora (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris)A review of: Asian Honey Bees – Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions. Oldroyd BP & Wongsiri S.Bumblebee visit in canary birdflowers (Hymenoptera : Apidae)A review of: A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and Wasps. Zahradnik J & Severa F.Insects as art lovers - bees for Van GoghThe importance of experience in the interpretation of conspecific chemical signalsAnimal cognition: An insect's sense of time?Can commercially imported bumble bees out-compete their native conspecifics?Bees associate warmth with floral colourRecognition of flowers by pollinatorsVisual search and decision making in bees: time, speed and accuracyDo bees like Van Gogh's Sunflowers?Social learning: Ants and the meaning of teachingBenefits of recruitment in honey bees: effects of ecology and colony size in an individual-based modelFacultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowersDo honeybees detect colour targets using serial or parallel visual search?Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behaviorIntercolony variation in learning performance of a wild British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus terrestris audax)Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)Honeybee (Apis mellifera) vision can discriminate between and recognise images of human facesSocial learning: Public information in insectsThe role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by prey and predators.Vergleich der Blütenstetigkeit und Sammelleistung von drei Hummel-Arten (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus)Chemical compounds of the foraging recruitment pheromone in bumblebees.Bumblebees, humble pollinators or assiduous invaders? A population comparison of foraging performance in Bombus terrestris.A new mode of information transfer in foraging bumblebees?Analysis of pollen and nectar of Arbutus unedo as a food source for Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera : Apidae)Colouration in crab spiders: substrate choice and prey attractionBumble bees (Bombus terrestris) store both food and information in honeypotsPerception space--the final frontier.Perception space - The final frontierSeeing the light: illumination as a contextual cue to color choice behavior in bumblebees.Flower colors as advertisement.Mating preference in the commercially imported bumblebee species Bombus terrestris in Britain (Hymenoptera : Apidae)Colour preferences in relation to the foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris.Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus)Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviourBumblebees (Bombus terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to solve difficult colour discrimination tasks.Dances as windows into insect perception.A receiver bias in the origin of three-spined stickleback mate choiceFine colour discrimination requires differential conditioning in bumblebees.Bumblebee search time without ultraviolet light.Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.)Why do honey bees dance?Biological significance of distinguishing between similar colours in spectrally variable illumination: bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) as a case studyColor vision in bees: mechanisms, ecology and evolution.Interindividual variation of eye optics and single object resolution in bumblebeesPsychophysics - Bees trade off foraging speed for accuracyThe spectral input to honeybee visual odometryPollinator attraction: Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals.Bumble bees alert to food with pheromone from tergal glandPlants and animals, forever entangled: Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M. Herrera and O. PellmyrPlants and animals, forever entangled Plant–Animal Interactions – An Evolutionary Approach edited by C.M. Herrera and O. Pellmyr. Blackwell Science, 2002. £35.00 pbk (xi+313 pages) ISBN 0 632 05267 8Influence of intermittent rewards in learning to handle flowers in bumblebees (Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus impatiens)Food alert in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): possible mechanisms and evolutionary implicationsLimits to the salience of ultraviolet: Lessons from colour vision in bees and birdsSuccessful invasion of a floral market.Visual constraints in foraging bumblebees: flower size and color affect search time and flight behavior.Why sensory ecology needs to become more evolutionary - insect color vision as a case in point.Camouflage of predatory crab spiders on flowers and the colour perception of bees (Aranida : Thomisidae/Hymenoptera : Apidae)Pollinator individuality: when does it matter?Cognitive ecology of pollination : animal behavior and floral evolutionAdaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color visionThe significance of the invasive crucifer species Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) as a nectar source for central European insectsThe evolution of color vision in insects.Bees, White Flowers, and the Color Hexagon – A Reassessment? No, Not Yet Comments on the contribution by Vorobyev et al.Evolutionary origins of bee dancesFloral colour diversity in plant communities, bee colour space and a null modelFlower Constancy, Insect Psychology, and Plant EvolutionNavigation without vision: bumblebee orientation in complete darknessBedazzled by flowersSensorimotor learning in bumblebees: long-term retention and reversal trainingBees travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately acquired vector memoriesSensori-motor learning and its relevance for task specialization in bumble beesWHY RED FLOWERS ARE NOT INVISIBLE TO BEESBEE COLOR VISION IS OPTIMAL FOR CODING FLOWER COLOR, BUT FLOWER COLORS ARE NOT OPTIMAL FOR BEING CODEDWHY?Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: correlates of movements within and between plant speciesWhy are there so many and so few white flowers?Optimal Sets of Color Receptors and Color Opponent Systems for Coding of Natural Objects in Insect VisionGeneralization in Pollination Systems, and Why it MattersColour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perceptionDoes bee color vision predate the evolution of flower color?The Knowledge Base of Bee NavigationWhy are there so many and so few white flowers?The knowledge base of bee navigationColour preferences of flower-naive honeybeesThe significance of landmarks for path integration in homing honeybee foragersThe influences of landmarks on distance estimation of honey beesHoneybee Long‐distance Orientation in a Controlled EnvironmentHONEYBEE LONG-DISTANCE ORIENTATION IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTCan honey bees count landmarks?The influences of landmarks and distance estimation of honey bees (vol 50, pg 23, 1995)Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of hymenopteraThe evolutionary adaptation of flower colours and the insect pollinators' colour visionThe colour hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponencyOpponent colour coding is a universal strategy to evaluate the photoreceptor inputs in HymenopteraDominance of Celestial Cues over Landmarks Disproves Map-Like Orientation in Honey BeesTheory of Morphodynamic Information Processing: Linking Sensing to BehaviourDuration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestrisFlexible behavior or flexible methods? A cross-taxon review of experimental designs in reversal learningFlexible Behavior or Flexible Methods? A Cross-Taxon Review of Experimental Designs in Reversal LearningSynaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviourMale bumblebees adapt foraging to environmental conditions to sustain mate-seeking effortsAutomated video tracking and flight analysis show how bumblebees solve a pattern discrimination task using active visionMotivational trade-offs in bumblebeesDescending Control of Nociception in Insects?Discrimination of edge orientation by bumblebeesGenomic signatures of recent adaptation in a wild bumblebeeReward Value Is More Important Than Physical Saliency During Bumblebee Visual Search For Multiple Rewarding TargetsBumblebees learn a relational rule but switch to a win-stay/lose-switch heuristic after extensive trainingHoneybees adjust colour preferences in response to concurrent social information from conspecifics and heterospecificsBird pollination of Canary Island endemic plantsTowards a cognitive definition of colour visionBumblebees gain fitness through learningCognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry?Temporal correlation of elevated PRMT1 gene expression with mushroom body neurogenesis during bumblebee brain developmentBumblebees under the midnight sun - Monitoring circadian rhythms of bumblebees under continuous daylight, using radio frequency identification (RFID)FReD: The floral reflectance spectra databaseBumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settingsRegular geometry and hexagonal structure of honeycomb results from the optimisation of cylindrical cells built in close proximityHoneycomb cell walls are plastic; initially built as curves the walls are reformed by bees during subsequent constructionPlacement of new comb cells built by honeybees is guided by sub-cell scale features to align with the existing layoutThe establishment and transmission of novel foraging techniques indicates a capacity for culture in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris)Sub-cell scale features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb constructionA neuromorphic model of active vision shows how spatiotemporal encoding in lobula neurons can aid pattern recognition in beesAn insect’s view of a numerosity illusion: a simple strategy may explain complex numerical performance in bumblebeesSocial learning of a challenging two-step action sequence fulfils key criteria of cumulative culture in an insectNoxious stimulation induces self-protective behaviour in bumblebeesDoes bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension?Challenges and Promises of Big Team Comparative CognitionGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Brain and BehaviourPreciVision MSCA PF 2024 Chittka/Scaccabarozzi
Addressing key evidence gaps in the science of insect sentienceFoundations of Animal SentienceBrains on BoardA Neural Circuit Approach to CognitionSpaceRadarPollinator ERC Advanced GrantNew research led by Queen Mary University of London uncovers how bees use active scanning to solve visual tasks—offering insights for bio-inspired AI and robotics. Bumblebees may have tiny brains, but when it comes to visual problem-solving, they punch well above their weight. A new study published in eLife ... [more]
