Neonicotinoids, systemic neuro-active pesticides similar to nicotine, are widely used in
agriculture and are being investigated for a role in honey bee colony losses. We examined …

The importance of dietary salt may explain why bees are often observed collecting brackish
water, a habit that may expose them to harmful xenobiotics. However, the individual salt …

Background Psychoactive drugs produce interoceptive stimuli that can guide appropriate
behaviors by initiating or inhibiting responding. Objective The current study investigated …

The burgeoning field of invertebrate behavior is moving into what was the realm of human
psychology concepts. This invites comparative studies not only between invertebrate and …

Discrete cues can gain powerful control over behavior to help an animal anticipate and cope
with upcoming events. This is important in conditions where understanding the relationship …

The current study investigated whether the stimulus effects of morphine can function as a
positive and negative feature in a Pavlovian occasion setting drug discrimination …

Highlights•We examined the influence of neuromodulators on foraging strategies of
individual bees.•Bees were colour constant, energy maximizers or work minimizers.• …

The feature-positive effect (FPE) is the phenomenon that learning organisms are better at
detecting the association between two present stimuli than between the absence of one …

The feature-positive effect (FPE) is the phenomenon that learning organisms are better at
detecting the association between two present stimuli than between the absence of one …

The Cap Pushing Response (CPR) is a free-flying technique used to study learning and
memory in honey bees (Apis mellifera). The series of experiments outlined in this paper …