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Complex memories in honeybees: Can there be more than two?

Date

Authors

Reinhard, Judith

Srinivasan, Mandyam V

Zhang, Shao Wu

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Foraging honeybees are likely to learn visual and chemical cues associated with many different food sources. Here, we explore how many such sources can be memorized and recalled. Marked bees were trained to visit two (or three) sugar feeders, each placed

Keywords

Keywords: animal; animal behavior; article; association; bee; color; feeding behavior; learning; memory; odor; orientation; photostimulation; physiology; vision; Animals; Association Learning; Bees; Behavior, Animal; Color; Cues; Feeding Behavior; Memory; Orientati Associative learning; Honeybee; Memory; Olfaction; Vision

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84775

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ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s00359-005-0079-0

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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