The honeybee Apis mellifera has emerged as a robust and influential model for the study of
classical conditioning, thanks to the existence of a powerful Pavlovian conditioning protocol …

Equipped with a mini brain smaller than one cubic millimeter and containing only 950,000
neurons, honeybees could be indeed considered as having rather limited cognitive abilities …

Smelling monomolecular odors hardly ever occurs in everyday life, and the daily functioning
of the sense of smell relies primarily on the processing of complex mixtures of volatiles that …

The honey bee Apis mellifera has emerged as a robust and influential model for the study of
classical conditioning thanks to the existence of a powerful Pavlovian conditioning protocol …

The brain of a honeybee contains only 960 000 neurons and its volume represents only
1mm3. However, it supports impressive behavioral capabilities. Honeybees are equipped …

Learning theories distinguish elemental from configural learning based on their different
complexity. Although the former relies on simple and unambiguous links between the …

Karl von Frisch's studies of bees' color vision and chemical senses opened a window into
the perceptual world of a species other than our own. A century of subsequent research on …

Taste is crucial for honeybees for choosing profitable food sources, resins, water sources,
and for nestmate recognition. Peripheral taste detection occurs within cuticular hairs, the …

Floral scent is used by pollinators during foraging to identify and discriminate among
flowers. The ability to discriminate among scents may depend on both scent intensity and …

The honeybee Apis mellifera has been a central insect model in the study of olfactory
perception and learning for more than a century, starting with pioneer work by Karl von …