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Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen

Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queenWorldPing

Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

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