Social Learning in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): Worker Bumblebees Learn to Manipulate and Forage at Artificial Flowers by Observation and Communication within the Colony

IF 1.6 Q2 ENTOMOLOGY
H. Mirwan, P. Kevan
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Abstract

Social learning occurs when one individual learns from another, mainly conspecific, often by observation, imitation, or communication. Using artificial flowers, we studied social learning by allowing test bumblebees to (a) see dead bumblebees arranged in foraging positions or (b) watch live bumblebees actually foraging or (c) communicate with nestmates within their colony without having seen foraging. Artificial flowers made from 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tubes with closed caps were inserted through the centres of blue 7 cm plastic discs as optical signals through which the bees could not forage. The reinforcer reward syrup was accessible only through holes in the sides of the tubes beneath the blue discs. Two colonies (A and B) were used in tandem along with control (C and D) colonies. No bee that was not exposed (i.e., from the control colonies (C and D)) to social learning discovered the access holes. Inside colony B, we imprisoned a group of bees that were prevented from seeing or watching. Bees that saw dead bumblebees in foraging positions, those that watched nest-mates foraging, and those that had only in-hive communication with successful foragers all foraged successfully. The means of in-hive communication are not understood and warrant intense investigation.
大黄蜂(Bombus impatiens)的社会学习:工蜂通过观察和群体内的交流来学习操纵和觅食人造花
社会学习是指一个人向另一个人学习,主要是通过观察、模仿或交流。利用人造花,我们通过让测试大黄蜂(a)看到死去的大黄蜂被安排在觅食位置,或(b)看到活的大黄蜂实际觅食,或(c)在没有看到觅食的情况下与蜂巢内的同伴交流,来研究社会学习。用1.5毫升的微离心管制成的人造花,盖上盖子,通过7厘米的蓝色塑料圆盘的中心插入,作为蜜蜂无法觅食的光信号。强化奖励糖浆只能通过蓝色圆盘下面的管子边上的洞进入。两个菌落(A和B)与对照菌落(C和D)串联使用。没有暴露在社会学习环境中的蜜蜂(即来自对照蜂群(C和D))发现了这些通道孔。在B群里,我们囚禁了一群蜜蜂,不让它们看见或观察。那些看到死去的大黄蜂在觅食的蜜蜂,那些看到蜂巢同伴觅食的蜜蜂,以及那些只在蜂巢内与成功的觅食者交流的蜜蜂都成功地觅食了。蜂巢内的通讯方式尚不清楚,需要深入调查。
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