Stingless bees (Meliponini) are the largest and most diverse group of social bees, yet their
largely tropical distribution means that they are less studied than their relatives, the bumble …

Honey bee dance has been intensively studied as a communication system, and yet we still
know very little about the neurobiological mechanisms supporting how dances are produced …

Communication is a fundamental feature of animal societies and helps their members to
solve the challenges they encounter, from exploiting food sources to fighting enemies or …

Highlights•Social systems rely on communication, and learning is an important cognitive
tool.•Learning plays a major modulatory role in social insect communication …

Honeybees use the waggle dance to share information about food-site locations with
nestmates. However, the importance of this behavior in colony foraging success remains …

Honey bees (genus Apis) are important pollinators in Asian tropical agricultural and natural
ecosystems, yet the Asian species remain vastly understudied compared to the European …

Honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies use a unique collective foraging system, the waggle
dance, to communicate and process the location of resources. Here, we present a means to …

Honeybees can be directed to profitable food sources by following waggle dances
performed by other bees. Followers can often choose between using this social information …

Social learning and conformity, or positive frequency‐biased transmission, are important
components of the evolution of culture and group identities in animals and humans …

The tropics and subtropics are home to thousands of different types of bees. One bee group
that frequently calls an observer's attention are the stingless bees or Meliponini. In the …