Visual discrimination learning in the Australian stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
Faelan Mourmourakis,
Andrew B. Barron
Abstract:Karl von Frisch's ground‐breaking research first demonstrated visual learning in the European honey bee (Apis mellifera). The study of Australian native bees and their cognitive abilities, however, is still a relatively new and emerging field. Here we examined visual cognition in the Australian stingless bee, Tetragonula carbonaria. First we tested for any colour preferences in T. carbonaria. Then we set stingless bees with three simple visual discrimination learning tasks using distinct colours (blue or yello… Show more
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