Conspecific and interspecific stimuli reduce initial performance in an aversive learning task in honey bees (Apis mellifera)

• Christopher A. Varnon ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Christopher.Varnon@Converse.edu

  Affiliation Laboratory of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Ecology, Department of Psychology, Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4826-0461

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• Christopher W. Dinges,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Adam J. Vest,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

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• Charles I. Abramson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Comparative Psychology and Behavioral Biology, Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America

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