Replication Kit For Bumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving on an observed complex behavior
Loukola, O. J., & Chittka, L. (2017)
Science (New York, NY), 836(February), 833–836

Components

Home, Corridor, & Test arena

• 40 × 28 × 11 cm bipartite wooden nest box connected to Perspex corridor (25 cm length; 3.5 × 3.5 cm in cross-section),
• (1) flight arena (60 × 43 × 25 cm) where bees are trained and tested
• Four plastic sliding doors located along the corridor that allow controlled access to the arena

(2) Test Platforms

• (2) Blue circular plastic platforms (7 cm diameter)
• (2) Yellow half-ball (8.5 mm in diameter) attached to the center

(1) Square Platform

• Square plastic platform (7 cm x 7 cm)
• half yellow ball (8.5 mm in diameter)
• 1 mm diameter hole in center of half yellow ball

(8) Yellow Balls

• (8) yellow wooden balls (Ø=12 mm) with no holes
• (8) yellow wooden balls (Ø=8.5 mm) with 6 holes (0.8 mm in diameter)

(1) Plastic model bumblebee

(1) Full Platform

• Full platform 1 : Blue circular plastic platform (Ø=7 cm) with a hole (Ø=9 mm) at the center, with a painted yellow circle encompassing the center
• Small encatchment underneath the platform center

(1) Full walled platform

• One blue circular plastic platform (Ø=14 cm) with a hole (Ø=9 mm) at the center, with a painted yellow circle encompassing it (1.9 cm in diameter)
• Three lanes (with 5 mm high plastic walls)
• lanes converge into the centre at angles of 120^o between