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Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees

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  • Gyanpriya Maharaj
  • Patricia Horack
  • Marisa Yoder
  • Aimee S Dunlap

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Animals must balance inherited bias with new information. Bumblebees frequently sample an innately preferred resource, but quickly leave when it varies in reward. This switch occurs even when the reward is potentially high. However, when innately preferred resources provide steady rewards the original preference remains. Bumblebees also take longer to sample other resources, are more likely to revisit that resource, and avoid variable resources when their preferred resources provide stable rewards.

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  • Gyanpriya Maharaj & Patricia Horack & Marisa Yoder & Aimee S Dunlap, 2019. "Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 30(1), pages 150-158.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:30:y:2019:i:1:p:150-158.
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