Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone
Most Cited Paper
in Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone”
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Bumble bee · Social learning · Cumulative culture · Puzzle-box task · Cumulative culture · Demonstrator bees · observer bees · individual learning limitation · unrewarded first step · temporary reward removal · invertebrate culture · behavioral complexity threshold · trial and error learning · food reward acquisition · re-innovation failure · extended exposure experiment · Demonstrator bees · naive bees
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/insect-and-arachnid-ecology-and-behavior/2026. Accessed 2026-07-20. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459