A *superb* book on this topic, published in 2022 by Princeton University Press…
The Mind of a Bee, by Lars Chittka @larschittka.bsky.social, professor of sensory and behavioural ecology at Queen Mary University, London.
Have read it twice, it’s so damn fascinating.
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Bumble bees can apparently play with balls, count, recognize faces, & perceive rhythm. A new study out today in @science.org argues they can also solve novel tasks spontaneously without explicit training, challenging the idea that such cognitive skills are exclusive to large-brained vertebrates.😲🐝🧪👇
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...
