Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen. Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

O que aconteceu

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

For the study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the researchers treated buff-tailed bumblebee queens daily with one of two different floral scents as they built their colonies.

Por que importa

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Consequência prática

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

For the study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the researchers treated buff-tailed bumblebee queens daily with one of two different floral scents as they built their colonies. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

For the study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the researchers treated buff-tailed bumblebee queens daily with one of two different floral scents as they built their colonies. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.

For the study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the researchers treated buff-tailed bumblebee queens daily with one of two different floral scents as they built their colonies. o movimento reforça a leitura de que decisões em Agro precisam ser acompanhadas com atenção aos dados e ao desfecho concreto.