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Yes, just last year: >We provide evidence that plant compounds pharmacologically alter pollinator behavior by enhancing their memory of reward. Honeybees rewar
by a_bonobo 12y ago
Yes, just last year:
>We provide evidence that plant compounds pharmacologically alter pollinator behavior by enhancing their memory of reward. Honeybees rewarded with caffeine, which occurs naturally in nectar of Coffea and Citrus species, were three times as likely to remember a learned floral scent as were honeybees rewarded with sucrose alone.
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1202.full http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1202.full
- runeks 12y agoThanks for the reference! I can't access the article though, so I'll ask you: was this experiment conducted in the wild, or in a laboratory?
- icegreentea 12y agoTrained bees, so laboratory. On the side, it's always worth googling the paper in question and poking around a bit. This is at the top of google result for the paper title: http://phys.org/pdf287643238.pdf http://phys.org/pdf287643238.pdf