Bumblebees solve tool-use problem without direct training (opens in new tab)

Researchers in Finland said bumblebees solved a new object-manipulation task without being trained on the solution, in a study published June 4 in Science. The team from the University of Oulu, University of Helsinki and University of Turku worked with Bombus terrestris, a common bumblebee species, and tested whether insects could generate a novel solution to reach a reward. The bees first learned that a blue artificial flower signaled a reward; during testing, researchers moved the flower to...