Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Use Time-Memory to Associate Reward with Color and Time of Day
Abstract
Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Bees
2.2. Time Training
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Experiment 1
3.2. Experiment 2
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gonulkirmaz-Cancalar, O.; Shertzer, O.; Bloch, G. Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Use Time-Memory to Associate Reward with Color and Time of Day. Insects 2023, 14, 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080707
Gonulkirmaz-Cancalar O, Shertzer O, Bloch G. Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Use Time-Memory to Associate Reward with Color and Time of Day. Insects. 2023; 14(8):707. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080707
Chicago/Turabian StyleGonulkirmaz-Cancalar, Ozlem, Oded Shertzer, and Guy Bloch. 2023. "Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Use Time-Memory to Associate Reward with Color and Time of Day" Insects 14, no. 8: 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080707
APA StyleGonulkirmaz-Cancalar, O., Shertzer, O., & Bloch, G. (2023). Bumble Bees (Bombus terrestris) Use Time-Memory to Associate Reward with Color and Time of Day. Insects, 14(8), 707. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14080707