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. 2025 Dec;53(4):315-316.
doi: 10.3758/s13420-024-00661-0. Epub 2025 Jan 9.

Bee reasonable: Do bumblebees reason by exclusion?

Donna Kean  1 , Alex H Taylor  2   3   4   5
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Bee reasonable: Do bumblebees reason by exclusion?

Donna Kean et al. Learn Behav. 2025 Dec.

Abstract

In a clever adaptation of the two-cups task, a recent paper tested for reasoning by exclusion in bees. Although further work is necessary to rule out competing hypotheses, this study advances our ability to test cognitive capacities in invertebrates.

Keywords: Comparative cognition; Inferential reasoning; Invertebrates.

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