Maze learning by honeybees.

摘要: This study examines whether honeybees can learn to fly through complex mazes, in the presence or absence of specific visual cues. The results are summarized as follows: 1. Bees a maze by following trail colored marks. 2. Bees, initially trained follow color marks an initial part maze, immediately able use same sign-tracking cue find their way rest which is unfamiliar them. 3. particular negotiate novel maze. 4. even 5. After learning marks, bees when removed, albeit at reduced levels accuracy. Thus, do not rely solely on maze: they also acquire spatial memory least sequence motor commands describing correct path it. 6. signal it indicates symbolic way, for example, blue indicating turn right and green left. 7. unmarked Performance under these conditions poorer than provided, but still significantly better chance level. 8. Control experiments rule out external landmarks all situations.