Bumblebees kept in isolation make up for it by being more social later(princeton.edu)

124 pointsby rntn4 anni fa7 comments

Bumblebees kept in isolation make up for it by being more social later

https://www.princeton.edu/news/2022/07/12/bumblebees-kept-isolation-make-it-being-more-social-later

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It's a little sloppy to use the language "make up for it" which makes it sound like they are compensating. The hypothesis they present is that perhaps the bees don't learn how not to react to other bees with the suggestion that this might make them more "distractable" (my word) from the task at hand, so ADHB

and as a small point, suggesting that they "blossomed into social butterflies"...?

jrochkind14 anni fa

I too was caught on the heavily mixed metaphor of bees... blossoming... into butterflies... what?

gruberjl4 anni fa

It's always fascinating to see social interactions in animals.

thedebuglife4 anni fa

This is the reason I love opening HN in the morning. I very much have lived experience with this as well. Thanks for sharing.

josefrichter4 anni fa

Perhaps programmers can learn a thing or two from bumblebees?

hailpixel4 anni fa

it's me.

evilotto4 anni fa

We're all bumblebees now.