Bumblebees show advanced problem-solving skills in new experiment

Scientists observe bumblebees rolling a ball underneath a flower to get sugar, showing complex problem-solving abilities.

Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving, challenging big-brain assumptions

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds

In 2024, Olli Loukola of the Finland co-authored a study demonstrating that bumblebees could cooperate to solve complex ...
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Bumblebees use tools to solve complex problems—despite not being trained to do so

Bumblebees appear to be capable of coming up with creative solutions to new problems to get a sugary reward—and their ...

Bumble bees can teach each other to solve problems - study

Bumblebees can learn to solve a puzzle by watching other bees solve it, according to a new study by Alice Dorothy Bridges and colleagues at Queen Mary University of London, UK. The big, fuzzy insects ...
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Bumble bees show spontaneous problem-solving in study published in Science

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...