Abstract
Most of our knowledge of learning in the hymenoptera with its hundreds of thousands of species is so far restricted to one species, the honey bee. Learning mechanisms in this animal as it may relate to ecological requirements will be discussed. Furthermore, I will explore ecological adaptations of behavior and learning drawn from the literature and make predictions about the types of learning expected in some other hymenoptera that face entirely different learning problems than those faced by honey bees. Finally, I suggest that a comparative approach to a study of learning in the hymenoptera may enlarge our insights into constraints in the biology of learning.
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Heinrich, B. (1984). Learning in Invertebrates. In: Marler, P., Terrace, H.S. (eds) The Biology of Learning. Dahlem Workshop Reports, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70094-1_7
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