In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Bumblebees were able to complete several new object-manipulation tasks in a series of groundbreaking experiments.

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...