{"id":14015,"date":"2023-06-14T08:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=14015"},"modified":"2023-06-14T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T13:54:23","slug":"closed-for-june-ii-brainy-bumble-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/closed-for-june-ii-brainy-bumble-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Closed for June II \u2013 Brainy Bumble Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><small>Note: All links leave to external sites.<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BugLady is out hunting for insects and will be back in July. Here&#8217;s something to keep you out of trouble in the meantime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a little-known fact that the BugLady briefly minored in Ethology (Animal Behavior) in grad school. The field of Ethology is a relatively young one &#8211; Charles Darwin is considered by some to be the first modern ethologist, and its status as a science was solidified in the 1920\u2019s because of the elegant studies done by Lorenz and Tinbergen. Ethology\u2019s early bias was that all animal behavior was hard-wired \u2013 instinctive \u2013 and anyone who claimed that there was any kind of cognitive element in animal behavior was labeled \u201cAnthropomorphic\u201d and drummed out of the lodge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignleft uwm-c-img--left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee17-8rz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bee on a leaf.\" class=\"wp-image-14016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee17-8rz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee17-8rz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee17-8rz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee17-8rz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent decades, as experiments have suggested that some animals have the ability to assess situations and behave accordingly \u2013 to \u201cproblem-solve\u201d &#8211; the lines have gotten a little fuzzy. Eugene Linden\u2019s book The Parrot\u2019s Lament (2000) showcases anecdotes of a bunch of vertebrates (and an octopus &#8211; never underestimate an octopus) behaving, well, intelligently (and the incident that prompted the book\u2019s title is mind-boggling).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"alignright uwm-c-img--right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee16-17brz-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bee on a flower.\" class=\"wp-image-14017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee16-17brz-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee16-17brz-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee16-17brz-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2023\/06\/bumblebee16-17brz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Research has also extended into the Class Insecta. Here are two articles about bees\u2019 mental landscapes and their ability to learn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/bumblebees-learn-to-open-puzzle-boxes-from-each-other-180981765\/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=editorial&amp;spMailingID=48074845&amp;spUserID=ODg4Mzc3MzY0MTUyS0&amp;spJobID=2421008322&amp;spReportId=MjQyMTAwODMyMgS2\">Smithsonian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2022\/jul\/16\/bees-are-really-highly-intelligent-the-insect-iq-tests-causing-a-buzz-among-scientists\">The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go outside &#8211; look at Bugs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: All links leave to external sites. Howdy, BugFans, The BugLady is out hunting for insects and will be back in July. Here&#8217;s something to keep you out of trouble in the meantime. 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