Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

Optimal Foraging

Optimal Foraging

How animals obtain and eat their food is called foraging behavior. Foraging can include searching for plants and hunting for prey and depends on the species and environment.

Pollination and Flower Structure

Pollination and Flower Structure

Flowers are the reproductive, seed-producing structures of angiosperms. Typically, flowers consist of sepals, petals, stamens, and carpels. Sepals and petals are the vegetative flower organs. Stamens and carpels are the reproductive organs.

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Acute stress modulates early visual perception and decision-making speed in bees.

The Journal of experimental biology·2026

Same author

Male bumblebees sustain mate-seeking by adjusting foraging to environmental conditions.

Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology·2026

Same author

Temporal consistency of judgement biases in bumblebees.

Biology letters·2026

Same author

Testing Bottom-up Cuing Effects on Target Detection and Discrimination in Bumblebees.

Journal of insect behavior·2026

Same author

Synaptic high-frequency jumping synchronises vision to high-speed behaviour.

Nature communications·2026

Same author

Aversive memory and extinction learning for noxious stimuli and aversive tastants in bumblebees.

The Journal of experimental biology·2026

Same journal

Desert lizards modulate nutritional responses to match seasonal biological needs.

Royal Society open science·2026

Same journal

Multi-generational fidelity, ecological and social determinants of roosting in a cooperatively breeding bird (<i>Argya squamiceps</i>).

Royal Society open science·2025

Same journal

Multifaceted polarization and information reliability in climate change discussions on social media platforms.

Royal Society open science·2025

Same journal

Comparing the kinematics related to inflicted head injury between violent shaking of a 6-week-old and a 1-year-old infant surrogate.

Royal Society open science·2025

Same journal

Partner choice increases observed reciprocity-based cooperation but decreases unobserved stake-based cooperation.

Royal Society open science·2025

Same journal

Importation models for travel-related SARS-CoV-2 cases reported in Newfoundland and Labrador during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Royal Society open science·2025

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Mar 30, 2026

Radio Frequency Identification and Motion-sensitive Video Efficiently Automate Recording of Unrewarded Choice Behavior by Bumblebees

Radio Frequency Identification and Motion-sensitive Video Efficiently Automate Recording of Unrewarded Choice Behavior by Bumblebees

Published on: November 15, 2014

Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebees.

Vivek Nityananda¹, Lars Chittka²

¹Department of Biological and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences , Queen Mary University of London , Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK ; Institute of Neuroscience , Newcastle University, Henry Wellcome Building for Neuroecology, Framlington Place , Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.

Royal Society Open Science

|November 21, 2015

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Bees can perform multiple tasks simultaneously if cues are in different sensory modalities, like smell and sight. When cues are in the same modality, like only sight, they struggle with divided attention.

Keywords:

Bombus terrestris crossmodal attention divided attention foraging predation

More Related Videos

Tactile Conditioning And Movement Analysis Of Antennal Sampling Strategies In Honey Bees Apis mellifera L.

Tactile Conditioning And Movement Analysis Of Antennal Sampling Strategies In Honey Bees Apis mellifera L.

Published on: December 12, 2012

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris

Published on: July 21, 2016

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Mar 30, 2026

Radio Frequency Identification and Motion-sensitive Video Efficiently Automate Recording of Unrewarded Choice Behavior by Bumblebees

Radio Frequency Identification and Motion-sensitive Video Efficiently Automate Recording of Unrewarded Choice Behavior by Bumblebees

Published on: November 15, 2014

Tactile Conditioning And Movement Analysis Of Antennal Sampling Strategies In Honey Bees Apis mellifera L.

Tactile Conditioning And Movement Analysis Of Antennal Sampling Strategies In Honey Bees Apis mellifera L.

Published on: December 12, 2012

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris

A Novel Behavioral Assay to Investigate Gustatory Responses of Individual, Freely-moving Bumble Bees Bombus terrestris

Published on: July 21, 2016

Area of Science:

Animal Cognition
Neuroethology
Sensory Ecology

Background:

Attentional limitations often restrict simultaneous task performance in animals.
Crossmodal processing suggests attention may be modality-specific, differing between same-modality and cross-modality tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate modality-specific attention in bumblebees (Bombus terrestris).
To determine if bees can perform simultaneous foraging and predator avoidance tasks based on sensory cues.

Main Methods:

Utilized a biologically relevant setup with bumblebees.
Tasks involved choosing rewarding flowers and avoiding simulated predatory attacks.
Sensory cues were manipulated between visual and olfactory modalities.

Main Results:

Bees failed to perform both tasks simultaneously when only visual cues were used.
Bees successfully performed both tasks when flower cues were olfactory and predator cues were visual.
Demonstrated successful dual-task performance with crossmodal cueing.

Conclusions:

Provides evidence for modality-specific attention in foraging bees.
Suggests attention can be divided effectively across different sensory modalities.
Establishes a framework for studying crossmodal attention in ecologically relevant contexts.