Lars Chittka, Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology and author of The Mind of a Bee
Lars Chittka
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Spontaneous problem-solving in bumble bees | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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At the BLOOM science and music festival in Copenhagen, there are giant tardigrades and I guess that’s all I need to say about just how magnificent the event is 😊
Thank you so much to the @royalsociety.org for this wonderful honour and to all the wonderful young people who have, over the years, been bold enough to join our somewhat eccentric endeavour of trying to understand an insect mind! And a big thank you to the bees of course! 🥹🙏
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Mikko Juusola is interviewed on Chinese television about our recent paper on high-speed vision in flies: m.mgtv.com/b/820868/244...
Male bumblebees seek mates by depositing sex pheromones. To study how ♂️🐝balance mate-seeking and feeding behavior @natacharossi.bsky.social, @larschittka.bsky.social et al. tracked ♂️🐝in an indoor flight cage and show that ♂️🐝prioritize mate-seeking over energy gain. academic.oup.com/beheco/advan...
In case this wasn't amply clear already, here you can find out how insects beat AI 😉https://www.buzzsprout.com/2405788/episodes/19212921-why-houseflies-see-faster-than-ai
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Excited by this new paper from Olli Loukola's team! edition.cnn.com/2026/06/04/s...
Problem-solving using novel solutions without explicit training is often considered a hallmark of cognitive flexibility. We investigated whether bumble bees (Bombus terrestris) could solve a novel obj...
Male bumblebees keep searching for mates even when food is scarce, adjusting how they forage to conserve energy. Using 3D tracking in a controlled environm
Professor Lars Chittka FRS is elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. His work has transformed our understanding of animal intelligence by demonstrating that bees, despite their tiny brains, exhibit advanced cognitive abilities such as counting, attention and others. #RSFellows https://bit.ly/49xJuRy
