Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning

Alice D. Bridges; HaDi MaBouDi; Olga Procenko; Charlotte Lockwood; Yaseen Mohammed; Amelia Kowalewska; José Eric Romero González; Joseph L. Woodgate; Lars Chittka

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3002019

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Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning

Alice D. Bridges ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: a.d.bridges@qmul.ac.uk (ADB); l.chittka@qmul.ac.uk (LC)

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6538-9737

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HaDi MaBouDi,

Roles Methodology

Current address: Department of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Olga Procenko,

Roles Methodology

Current address: Bioscience Institute, Newcastle University, Henry Wellcome Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Charlotte Lockwood,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Yaseen Mohammed,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Amelia Kowalewska,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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José Eric Romero González,

Roles Formal analysis

Current address: Department of Psychology, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Joseph L. Woodgate,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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Lars Chittka

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a.d.bridges@qmul.ac.uk (ADB); l.chittka@qmul.ac.uk (LC)

Affiliation School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-1732

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Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning

Alice D. Bridges,
HaDi MaBouDi,
Olga Procenko,
Charlotte Lockwood,
Yaseen Mohammed,
Amelia Kowalewska,
José Eric Romero González,
Joseph L. Woodgate,
Lars Chittka

Published: March 7, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002019

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