PAPERS PUBLISHED AND IN PRESS

2025

326.  Chittka, L. (in press) More than attraction: what bees see in flowers. In: Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Eds: Bruce Jennings and Gavin Van Horn). Humans & Nature Press

 

325. Chittka, L., Skeels, S., Dyakova, O., Janbon, M. (2025) The exploration of consciousness in insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, in press, 10.1098/rstb.2024.0302

 

324. Davidson, A., Nanda, I. Lay Mun, A.O., Chittka, L., Versace, E. (2025)

Duration discrimination in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Biology Letters, in press

 

323. Dissegna, A., Chittka, L., Chiandetti, C. (2025) Response-specific behavioral plasticity in habituation triggered by repeated visual looming stimuli in foraging bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, in press


322. Ghisbain, G., Chittka, L. and Michez, D. (2025) Bumblebees Current Biology 35, 206-211.

 

321. Gibbons, M., Versace, E., Crump, A., Baran, B., Chittka, L. (2025) Reassessment confirms motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebees. Animal Behaviour, in press

 320. MaBouDi, H., Richter, J., Guiraud, M., Roper, M., Marshall, J.A.R., Chittka, L. (2025). Active vision of bees in a simple pattern discrimination task. eLife, 14:e106332. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.106332

 319. MaBouDi, H., Roper, M., Guiraud, M., Juusola, M., Chittka, L. Marshall, J.A.R. (2025). A neuromorphic model of active vision shows how spatiotemporal encoding in lobula neurons can aid pattern recognition in bees. eLife, in press

 

318. Procenko, O., Bridges, A.D., Kowalewska, A. Juusola, M., Chittka, L. (2025) Bumblebee string-pulling spreads between colonies under open diffusion conditions. Animal Behaviour, in press

 317. Takalo, J., Kemppainen, J., Haghighi, K.R., Scales, B., McManus, J., Bridges, A., MaBouDi, H., Chittka, L. (2025) Theory of morphodynamic information processing: linking sensing to behaviour. Vision Research, 227: 108537; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2024.108537

316. Tamietto, M., Orsenigo, D., Chittka, L. (2025) Bees, blindsight and consciousness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, invited Forum article

315. Wen, C., Dong, S., Guo, Y., Wang, C., Ding, W., Ge, J., Wen, J., Chittka, L. (2025) Bumblebees prefer shorter over longer strings and connected over disconnected ones in string pulling tasks but prioritize connectivity over spatial proximity when the two are in conflict. Insect Science, in press

314. Zhou, D., Dong, S., Ge, J., Wang, C., Chittka, L., Wen, C., Wen, J. (2025) Bumblebees attend to both the properties of the string and the target in string-pulling tasks, but prioritize the features of the string. Insect Science, https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13373


2024

 

313. Alessandroni, N., Altschul, D., Baumgartner, H.A., Bazhydai, M., Brosnan, S.F, Byers-Heinlein, K., Call, J., Chittka, L., Elsherif, M., Espinosa, J., Freeman, M.S., Gjoneska, B., Güntürkün, O., Huber, L., Krasheninnikova, A., Mazza, V., Miller, R., Moreau, D., Nawroth, C., Pronizius, E., Ruiz-Fernández, S., Schwing, R., Šlipogor, V., Visser, I., Vonk, J., Yeager, J., Zettersten, M., & Laurent Prétôt, L. (2024) Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition. Nature Human Behaviour  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02081-6

 

312. Bridges, A.D., Royka, A., Wilson, T., Lockwood, C., Richter, J., Juusola, M. & Chittka, L. (2024). Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone. Nature 627, 572–578 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07126-4

311. Gibbons, M., Pasquini, E., Kowalewska, A., Read, E., Gibson, S., Crump, A., Solvi, C., Versace, E., Chittka, L. (2024). Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees. iScience DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110440

 

310. Lu, Y., Zhuo, Z., Roper, M., Chittka, L., Solvi, C., Peng, F., Zhou, Y. (2024) Bumblebee social learning outcomes correlate with their flower-facing behaviour. Animal Cognition 27, 80 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-024-01918-x

 

309. Romero González, J. E., Solvi, C., Peng, F., Chittka, L. (2024). Behaviour of honeybees integrated into bumblebee nests and the responses of their hosts. Apidologie 55, 50 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-024-01086-4

 

308. Wen, C., Lu, Y., Solvi, C., Dong, S., Wang, C., Wen, X., Xiao, H., Dong, S., Wen, J., Peng, F. & Chittka, L. (2024). Does bumblebee preference of continuous over interrupted strings in string-pulling tasks indicate means-end comprehension? eLife 13:RP97018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97018.3  

307. Zhou, Y., Ding, S., Liao, C., Wu., J., Chittka, L., Solvi, C., Peng, C. (2024) Bumblebees' food preferences are jointly shaped by rapid valuation of nectar sugar concentration and viscosity. Animal Behaviour 210: 419-427

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.g79cnp5tn

 

306. Zhou, Y., MaBouDi, H., Peng, C., Galpayage Dona, H.S., Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S., Chittka, L., Solvi, C., Peng, F. (2024) Bumblebees display stimulus-specific persistence behaviour after being trained on delayed reinforcement. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 78, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-023-03414-7

 

 

2023

 

305. Bridges, A., Chittka, L. (2023) Escaping anthropocentrism in the study of non-human culture. Physics of Life Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2023.01.008

 

304. Bridges, A.D., MaBouDi, H., Procenko, O., Lockwood, C., Mohammed, Y., Kowalewska, A., Romero González, J.E., Woodgate, J., Chittka, L. (2023) Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning. PLoS Biology, 21(3): e3002019. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002019  

 

303. Chittka, L. (2023) The doors of animal perception. American Scientist 111: 55-57

 

302. Chittka, L. (2023) The inner lives of insects. Scientific American 329(1): 26-33. This article also appeared in Italian as Chittka, L. (2023) La vita interiore degli insetti. Le Scienze (Ottobre) 72-79.

 

301. Chittka, L., Rossi, N. (2023) Bees learn to dance. Science, 379: 985-986; DOI: 10.1126/science.adg7317

 

300. Crump, A., Gibbons, M., Barrett, M., Birch, J., Chittka, L. (2023) Is it time for insect researchers to consider their subjects’ welfare? PLoS Biology 21(6): e3002138.  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002138

 

299. Gallo, V., Bridges, A.D., Woodgate, J.L., Chittka, L. (2023) Sub-cell features govern the placement of new cells by honeybees during comb construction. Journal of Comparative Physiology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-023-01632-y

 

298. Iturbe, X., Abella, J., Alcaide, S., Beyne, E., Charles, H.-P., Chittka, L., Dávila, A., Dupret, Y., Erdmann, A., Fontanelli, A., Flich, J., Grosu, R., Carles Hernández, Hochmann, J., Ielmini, D., Isakovic, H., Isusquiza, E., Jackson, D., Kooli, M., Linares-Barranco, B., Laurent, E., Lindwer, M., Masařík, K., Mentens, N., Moreira, O., Noel, J.-P., Posch, C., Priller, P., Prikryl, Z., Rhodes, O., Stefanov, T., Taliercio, M., Ugarte, J., Van der Plas, G., Vianello, E. and Zaykov P. (2023) NimbleAI: Towards neuromorphic sensing - processing 3D-integrated chips. In Proceedings: 26th Int. Conf. Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE'23), Antwerp, Belgium, Apr. 17-19, 2023.

 

2022

 

297. Chittka, L. (2022) The Mind of a Bee. Princeton University Press, Princeton, USA

296. Chittka, L. (2022) The mind of the bee - a journey into the alien mind of an insect. Wellbeing International: https://wellbeingintl.org/the-mind-of-the-bee/

295. Chittka, L. (2022) The intelligent mind of an insect. Interalia Magazine (November 2022 issue “Other Minds”)

294. Chittka, L. (2022) Bienen – Bewusstsein. Bienen und Natur, December 2022, 32-35


 293. Chittka, L. (2022) The consciousness of bees. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/07/29/bee-cognition-insect-intelligence-research/

292. Chittka, L. (2022) “Personality” differences between bees. Natural History, 130(9), 17-23

 

291. Gibbons, M., Crump., A., Chittka, L. (2022) Insects may feel pain, says growing evidence – here’s what this means for animal welfare laws. The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/insects-may-feel-pain-says-growing-evidence-heres-what-this-means-for-animal-welfare-laws-195328

 

290. Chittka L., Rossi, N. (2022) Social cognition in insects. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26 (7): 578-592; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.04.001

 

289. Colgan, T.J., Arce, A.N., Gill, R.J., Ramos Rodrigues, A., Kanteh, A., Duncan, E.J., Li L., Chittka, L., Wurm, Y. (2022) Genomic signatures of recent adaptation in a wild bumblebee. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 39(2), msab366, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab366

  

288. Galpayage Dona, H. S., Solvi, C., Kowalewska, A., Mäkelä, K., MaBouDi, H, Chittka, L., (2022) Do bumble bees play? Animal Behaviour, 194: 239-251;

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.013

 

287. Gibbons, M., Chittka, L. (2022) A framework for evaluating evidence of pain in animals. Animal Sentience,  DOI 10.51291/2377-7478.1767

https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1767&context=animsent


286. Gibbons, M., Crump, A., Barrett, M., Sarlak, S., Birch, J., Chittka, L. (2022) Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence. Advances in Insect Physiology, 63:155-229

285. Gibbons, M., Sarlak, S., Chittka, L. (2022) Descending control of nociception in insects? Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B, 20220599; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0599

  

284. Gibbons, M., Versace, E., Crump, A., Baran, B., Chittka, L. (2022) Motivational trade-offs and modulation of nociception in bumblebees. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 119 No. 31 e2205821119 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2205821119

283. Guiraud, M., Roper, M., Wolf, S., Woodgate, J.L, Chittka, L. (2022) Discrimination of edge orientation by bumblebees. PLoS ONE,  17(6): e0263198

 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263198

282. Irwin, L.N., Chittka, L., Jablonka, E., Mallatt, J., (2022) Editorial: Comparative Animal Consciousness. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience . 16:998421.

 doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2022.998421

 

281. Solvi, C., Zhou, Y., Feng, Y., Lu, Y., Roper, M., Sun, L., Reid, R.J., Chittka, L., Barron, A.B., Peng, F. (2022). Bumblebees retrieve only the ordinal ranking of foraging options when comparing memories obtained in distinct settings. eLife 11:e78525. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.78525

 

 

2021

 

280. Brebner, J., Chittka, L. (2021) Animal Cognition: The self-image of a bumblebee. Current Biology, 31, R207–R209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.027

279. Brebner, J., Makinson, J., Bates, O., Rossi, N., Lim, K., Pasquaretta, C. Dubois, T., Gomez-Moracho, T., Lihoreau, M., Chittka, L., Woodgate, J. (2021) Bumblebees strategically use ground-level linear features in navigation. Animal Behaviour, 179: 147-160 doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.07.003

278. Gallo, V., Chittka, L. (2021) Stigmergy versus behavioral flexibility and planning in honeybee comb construction. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 118 (33 e2111310118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2111310118

277. Li, L., Solvi, C., Zhang, F., Qi, Z., Chittka, L., Zhao, W. (2021). Gut microbiome drives individual memory variation in bumblebees. Nature Communications, 12, 6588. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26833-4

  • 276. Nityananda, N., Chittka, L. (2021) Reward value is more important than physical saliency during bumblebee visual search for multiple rewarding targets. Animal Cognition, 24: 803-814/ DOI: 10.1007/s10071-021-01479-3

    275. Woodgate, J.L., Makinson, J.C., Rossi, N., Lim, K.S., Reynolds, A.M., Rawlings, C.J., Chittka, L. (2021) Harmonic radar tracking reveals that honeybee drones navigate between multiple aerial leks. iScience, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102499

     

    •                                                         2020

     

    274. Chittka, L. (2020) The secret life of bees as horticulturists? Science, 368: 824-825. DOI: 10.1126/science.abc2451

    273. Galpayage Dona, S.G., Chittka, L. (2020) Charles H. Turner, pioneer in animal cognition. Science, 370: 530-531. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd8754

     

    272. Loukola, O., Gatto, E., Híjar-Islas, A.C., Chittka, L. (2020). Selective interspecific information use in the nest choice of solitary bees. Animal Biology 70, Issue 1:1-11.  DOI:http://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-20191233

           

  • 271. MaBouDi, H., Galpayage, Dona, H.S., Gatto, E., Loukola, O.J., Buckley, E., Onoufriou, P.D., Skorupski, P., Chittka, L. (2020) Bumblebees use sequential scanning of countable items in visual patterns to solve numerosity tasks. Integrative and Comparative Biology 60: 929–942; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa025

     

    270. MaBouDi, H., Solvi, C., Chittka, L. (2020) Bumblebees learn a relational rule but switch to a win-stay/lose-switch heuristic after extensive training. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 14(137): DOI:https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00137

     

    269. Romero Gonzalez, E.R., Solvi, C., Chittka, L. (2020) Honeybees adjust colour preferences in response to concurrent social information from conspecifics and heterospecifics. Animal Behaviour, 170: 219-228; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.10.008

     

    268. Solvi, C., Gutierrez Al-Khudhairy, S. & Chittka, L. (2020) Bumblebees display

    cross-modal object recognition between visual and tactile senses. Science, 367, 910-912. DOI:http://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay8064


    2019

     

    267. Arnold, S.E.J. & Chittka, L. (2019) Flower colour diversity seen through the eyes of pollinators. A commentary on ‘Floral colour structure in two Australian herbaceous communities: it depends on who is looking’ Annals of Botany, 124(2): viii-ix. DOI:http://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcz107 

    266. Bayne, T., Brainard, D., Byrne, R.W., Chittka, L., Clayton, N., Heyes, C., Mather, J., Ölveczky, B, Shadlen, M., Suddendorf, T., Webb, B. (2019) What is cognition? Current Biology, 29(13): R608-R615. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.044

    •  

    265. Chittka L. (2020) Entomological Rock Music. Antenna 44(2): 62-63

     

    264. Chittka, L., Giurfa, M., Riffell, J. (2019) Editorial: The Mechanisms of Insect Cognition. Frontiers in Psychology, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02751

     

    263. Chittka, L. & Wilson, C. (2019) Expanding consciousness. American Scientist, 107: 364-369. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1511/2019.107.6.364

     

    262. Bridges A.D. & Chittka L. (2019). Conformity and the beginnings of culture in an insect. Current Biology, 29: R167-R169. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.023

     

    261. Colgan, T.J., Fletcher, I.K., Arce, A.N., Gill, R.J., Ramos Rodrigues, A., Stolle, E., Chittka, L., Wurm, Y. (2019) Caste- and pesticide-specific effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure on gene expression in bumblebees. Molecular Ecology: 28:1964-1974 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15047

    260. Guan, C., Egertová, M., Perry, C.J., Chittka, L., Chittka, A. (2019) Temporal correlation of elevate PRMT1 gene expression with mushroom body neurogenesis during bumblebee brain development. Journal of Insect Physiology, 116:57-69:

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2019.04.011

    259. Makinson, J.C., Woodgate, J.L., Reynolds, A., Capaldi, E.A., Perry, C.J., Chittka, L. (2019) Harmonic radar tracking reveals random dispersal pattern of bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queens after hibernation. Scientific Reports, 9:4651. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40355-6

    258. Pasquaretta, C., Jeanson, R., Pansanel, J., Raine, N.E., Chittka, L., Lihoreau, M. (2019) A spatial network analysis of resource partitioning between bumblebees foraging on artificial flower in a flight cage. Movement Ecology, 7:4; DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-019-0150-z

    257. Perry, C.J., Chittka, L. (2019) How foresight might support the behavioral flexibility of arthropods. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 54: 171-177. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2018.10.014

     

    256. Vasas, V., Chittka, L. (2019) Insect-inspired sequential inspection strategy enables an artificial network of four neurons to estimate numerosity. iScience, 11: 85-92. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2018.12.009

     

    255. Vasas, V., Peng, F., MaBouDi, H., Chittka, L. (2019) Randomly weighted receptor inputs can explain the large diversity of colour-coding neurons in the bee visual system. Scientific Reports, 9: 8330; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44375-0


    2018

    254. Avarguès-Weber, A., Lachlan, R., Chittka, L. (2018). Bumble bee social learning can lead to suboptimal foraging choices. Animal Behaviour, 135: 209-214 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.11.022

     

    253. Chittka, L. (2018) The past, present and future of the beasts that may have made our brains. A review of Buzz – The Nature and Necessity of Bees by T. Hanson. Current Biology, 28(13): R722–R723. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.04.091

     

    252. Chittka, L. & Wilson, C. (2018) Bee-brained. Aeon (November 27, 2018): https://aeon.co/essays/inside-the-mind-of-a-bee-is-a-hive-of-sensory-activity (with a commentary in Nature)

     

    251. Chittka L., (2018) A bee as pet – a bee psychologist’s perspective. Antenna 42(1): 4-5

    250. Chittka, L. (2018) Intelligente Bienen. Deutsches Bienenjournal 26(2): 14-16.

     

    249. Emberton, S., Chittka, L., Cavallaro, A. (2018) Underwater image and video dehazing with pure haze region segmentation. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, 168: 145-156; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2017.08.003

     

    248. Gallo V. & Chittka L. (2018) Cognitive aspects of comb-building in the honeybee? Frontiers in Psychology, 9:900. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00900.

    247. Guiraud M., Roper M. & Chittka L. (2018) High-speed videography reveals how honeybees can turn a spatial concept learning task into a simple discrimination task by stereotyped flight movements and sequential inspection of pattern elements. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:1347. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01347

    246. Lawson D.A., Chittka L., Whitney H.M. & Rands S.A. (2018) Bumblebees distinguish floral scent patterns, and can transfer these to corresponding visual patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 285(1880): 20180661:. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0661

    245. Li, L., Su, S., Perry, C.J., Elphick, M., Chittka, L., Søvik, E. (2018) Large-scale transcriptome changes in the process of long-term visual memory formation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Scientific Reports 8:534; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18836-3

    244. Matthews, T., Osorio, D.C., Cavallaro, A., Chittka, L. (2018) The importance of spatial visual scene parameters in predicting optimal cone sensitivities in routinely trichromatic frugivorous old-world primates. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12:15.

    DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2018.00015

    243. Nieberding C, van Dyck H, Chittka, L. (2018) Adaptive learning in non-social insects: from theory to field work, and back. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 27: 75–81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2018.03.008

    242. Skorupski, P., MaBouDi, H., Galpayage Dona, S., Chittka, L. (2018) Counting Insects. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 373: 20160513 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0513

    241. Vasas V., Brebner J.S. & Chittka L. (2018). Color discrimination is not just limited by photoreceptor noise: a comment on Olsson et al. Behavioral Ecology 29(2): 285–286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arx157 

    240. Wang, M.Y., Chittka, L., Ings, T.C. (2018) Bumblebees express consistent, but flexible, speed accuracy tactics under different levels of predation threat. Frontiers in Psychology, 9:1601. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01601

    239. Woodgate J.L. & Chittka L. (2018). Central Place Foraging. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior; edited by Jennifer Vonk and Todd K. Shackelford, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_881-1

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_881-1

     

    2017

    238. Baracchi D., Marples A., Jenkins A.J., Leitch A.R. & Chittka L. (2017). Nicotine in floral nectar pharmacologically influences bumblebee learning of floral features. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 1951. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01980-1

    237. Buatois A., Pichot C., Schultheiss P., Sandoz JC., Lazzari C.R.,Chittka L., Avarguès-Weber A. & Giurfa M. (2017). Associative visual learning by tethered bees in a controlled visual environment. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 12903. DOI: http://nature.com/articles/s41598-017-12631-w

    236. Chittka, L. (2017) Bee cognition. Current Biology, 27(19): R1049-R1053

    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.008

    235. Chittka L. & Skorupski P. (2017). Active vision: A broader comparative perspective is needed. Constructivist Foundations 13(1): 128–129.

     

    234. Emberton, S., Chittka, L., Cavallaro, A. (2017) Underwater image and video dehazing with pure haze region segmentation. Computer Vision and Image Understanding, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2017.08.003

    233. Li, L., MaBouDi, H., Egertova, M., Elphick, M.R., Chittka, L., Perry, C.J. (2017) A possible structural correlate of learning performance on a colour discrimination task in the brain of the bumblebee. Proc Roy Soc Lond B, 20171323; http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1323

    232. Loukola O.J., Solvi C., Coscos L. & Chittka L. (2017). Bumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving on an observed complex behavior. Science 355: 833-836. DOI: 10.1126/science.aag2360

    231. MaBouDi H., Shimazaki H., Giurfa M.& Chittka L. (2017). Olfactory learning without the mushroom bodies: Spiking neural network models of the honeybee lateral antennal lobe tract reveal its capacities in odour memory tasks of varied complexities. PLoS Comput Biol 13(6): e1005551. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005551

    230. Pasquaretta C., Jeanson R., Andalo C., Chittka L. & Lihoreau M. (2017). Analysing plant–p;ollinator interactions with spatial movement networks. Ecological Entomology 42 (S1): 4–17.

    229. Peng, F. & Chittka, L. (2017) A simple computational model of the bee mushroom body can explain seemingly complex forms of olfactory learning and memory. Current Biology, 27: 224-230 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.054

    228. Perry, C.J., Barron, A., Chittka, L. (2017) The frontiers of insect cognition. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 16: 111-118 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.05.011

     

    227. Roper, M., Fernando, C., Chittka, L. (2017) Insect bio-inspired neural network provides new evidence on how simple feature detectors can enable complex visual generalization and stimulus location invariance in the miniature brain of honeybees. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(2): e1005333. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005333

     

    226. Vasas V., Hanley D., Kevan P.G. & Chittka L. (2017). Multispectral images of flowers reveal the adaptive significance of using green receptors for edge detection in bees. Journal of Comparative Physiology 203: 301-311. doi:10.1007/s00359-017-1156-x

    225. Wang, M.-Y., Vasas, V., Chittka, L., Yen, S.H. (2017) Sheep in wolf’s clothing:

    multicomponent traits enhance the success of mimicry in spider-mimicking moths

    (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae). Animal Behaviour, 127:219-224;

     doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.03.020

    224. Woodgate, J., Makinson, J., Lim, K.S., Reynolds, A.M., Chittka, L. (2017) Continuous radar tracking illustrates the development of multi-destination routes of bumblebees. Scientific Reports, 7: Article number: 17323, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-17553-1


    2016

     

    223. Alem S., Perry C.J., Zhu X., Loukola O.J., Ingraham T., Søvik E. & Chittka L. (2016). Associative mechanisms allow for social learning and cultural transmission of string pulling in an insect. PLoS Biology 14(10): e1002564. doi:10.1371/journal. pbio.1002564

     

    222. Baracchi D., Turillazzi S. & Chittka L. (2016). Facial patterns in a tropical social wasp correlate with colony membership. The Science of Nature (Naturwissenschaften) 103: 80. doi:10.1007/s00114-016-1406-8

     

    221. Chittka, L. (2016) Molecular and neural mechanisms underpinning adaptive behaviour in insects. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 15: vii-ix DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.05.002

     

    220. Dawson E.H., Chittka L. & Leadbeater E. (2016). Alarm substances induce associative social learning in honeybees, Apis mellifera. Animal Behaviour 122:17-22. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.02.016

     

    219. Emberton S., Chittka L., Cavallaro A. & Wang M. (2016). Sensor Capability and Atmospheric Correction in Ocean Colour Remote Sensing. Remote Sensing, 8(1) DOI: 10.3390/rs8010001

     

    218. Lihoreau M., Chittka L., & Raine, N. E. (2016). Monitoring flower visitation networks and interactions between pairs of bumble bees in a large outdoor flight cage. PLoS , 11(3), e0150844. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150844

     

    217. Lihoreau M., Ings T. C., Chittka L., & Reynolds A. M. (2016). Signatures of a globally optimal searching strategy in the three-dimensional foraging flights of bumblebees. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 30401. DOI:10.1038/srep30401

     

    216. Niven J.E. & Chittka L. (2016). Evolving understanding of nervous system evolution. Current Biology, 26:R937–R941; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.09.003

     

    215. Solvi C., Baciadonna L. & Chittka L. (2016). Unexpected rewards induce dopamine-dependent positive emotion–like state changes in bumblebees. Science, 353:1529-1531; DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf4454

    214. Smolla M., Alem S., Chittka L., & Shultz S. (2016). Copy-when-uncertain: bumblebees rely on social information when rewards are highly variable. Biology Letters 12:20160188; DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0188

     

    213. Whitney H. M., Reed A., Rands S. A., Chittka L., & Glover B. J. (2016). Flower iridescence increases object detection in the insect visual system without compromising object identity. Current Biology, 26:802-808. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.01.026

     

    212. Wolf S. & Chittka L. (2016) Male bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, perform equally well as workers in a serial colour-learning task. Animal Behaviour, 111:147-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.10.009

     

    211. Woodgate J. L., Makinson J. C., Lim K. S., Reynolds A. M. & Chittka L. (2016). Life-Long Radar Tracking of Bumblebees. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160333. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0160333

     

    2015

     

    210. Baracchi, D., Brown, M.J.F. & Chittka, L. (2015). Behavioural evidence for self-medication in bumblebees? F1000 Research, 4:73
  •  (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.6262.2)

    209. Baracchi, D, Petrocelli, I., Chittka, L., Ricciardi, G., Turillazzi, S. (2015) Speed and accuracy in nestmate recognition: a hover wasp prioritises face recognition over colony odour cues to minimise intrusion by outsiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282: 20142750

  • 208. Emberton, S., Chittka, L., Cavallaro, A. (2015) Hierarchical rank-based veiling light estimation for underwater dehazing. In: Xie, X., Jones, M.W., Tam, G.K.L. (editors). Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), pages 125.1-125.12. BMVA Press, DOI: 10.5244/C.29.125; https://dx.doi.org/10.5244/C.29.125

     

    207. Hunt, K. & Chittka, L. (2015) Merging of long-term memories in an insect. Current Biology, 25: 741-745

    206. Jones, P. Ryan, M.J. Chittka, L. (2015) The influence of past experience with flower reward quality on social learning in bumblebees. Animal Behaviour, 101: 11-18

     205. McCarthy, E.W., Arnold, S.E.J., Chittka, L., Le Comber, S.C., Verity, R., Dodsworth, S., Knapp, S. Kelly, L.J., Chase, MW, Baldwin, I.T., Kovařík, A., Mhiri, C., Taylor, L., Leitch, A.R. (2015) The effect of polyploidy and hybridisation on the evolution of floral colour in Nicotiana (Solanaceae). Annals of Botany, 115: 1117-1131  

     204. Morawetz, L., Chittka, L. & Spaethe, J. (2015) Honeybees (Apis mellifera) exhibit flexible visual search strategies for vertical targets presented at various heights. F1000Research, 3:174 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.4799.2) 

    203. Nityananda, V., Chittka, L. (2015) Modality-specific attention in foraging bumblebees. Royal Society Open Science, DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150324

     202. Sadd, BM & 143 other authors including Chittka, L. in position 130 (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organisation. Genome Biology 16:76. 

    201. Wang, M.-Y., Brennan, C.H., Lachlan, R., Chittka, L. (2015) Speed-accuracy tradeoffs and individually consistent decision making by individuals and dyads of zebrafish in a colour discrimination task. Animal Behaviour, 103: 277-283.

    200. Wolf, S., Roper, M., Chittka, L. (2015) Bumblebees utilize floral cues differently on vertically and horizontally arranged flowers. Behavioural Ecology, 26: 773-781

     

    2014

     

         199. Avarguès-Weber, A., Chittka, L. (2014) Local enhancement or stimulus enhancement? Bumblebee social learning results in a specific pattern of flower preference. Animal Behaviour 97: 185-191

    198. Avarguès-Weber, A., Chittka, L. (2014) Observational conditioning in flower choice copying by bumblebees (Bombus terrestris): Influence of observer distance and demonstrator movement. PLoS ONE, 9(2): e88415. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088415

    197. Chittka, L., Faruq, S., Skorupski, P., Werner, A. (2014) Colour constancy in bees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 200: 435–448

    196. Chittka, L. & Raine, N.E. (2014) Bumblebee colour patterns and predation risk: a reply to

    Owen. Journal of Zoology, 292: 133–135

    195. Dawson, E. & Chittka, L. (2014) Bees use social information as an indicator of safety in dangerous environments. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281 no. 1785 20133174

    194. Hunt, K. & Chittka, L. (2014) False memory susceptibility is correlated with categorisation ability in humans. F1000 Research, 3:154 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.4645.2)

    193. Nityananda, V., Skorupski, P., Chittka, L. (2014) Can bees see at a glance? Journal of Experimental Biology, 217: 1933-1939 (with Dispatch in Current Biology)

     

    2013

     

         192. Avarguès-Weber, A., Dawson, E.H. & Chittka, L. (2013). Mechanisms of social learning across species boundaries. Journal of Zoology, 290: 1-11

     

    191. Clare, E.L., Schiestl, F., Leitch, A.R., Chittka, L. (2013) The promise of genomics in the study of plant-pollinator interactions. Genome Biology, 14:207

     

    190. Chittka, L. & Peng, F. (2013). Caffeine Boosts Bees’ Memories. Science, 309: 1157-1159

    189. Chittka, L., Stelzer, R. & Stanewsky R. (2013). Daily changes in UV light levels can synchronize the circadian clock of bumblebees (Bombus terrestris). Chronobiology International, 30: 434-442

    188. Collett, M, Chittka, L., Collett, T.S. (2013) Spatial memory in insect navigation. Current Biology, 23: R789-R800

    187. Dawson, E., Avarguès-Weber, A., Chittka, L., Leadbeater E. (2013) Learning by observation emerges from simple associations in an insect model. Current Biology, 23: 727-730

    186. Faruq, S., McOwan, P., Chittka, L. (2013) The biological significance of colour constancy: an agent based model with bees foraging from flowers under varied illumination. Journal of Vision, 13(10):10, 1–14

    185. Land, M., Chittka, L. (2013) Vision. In: The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th Edition (eds. Simpson, S. J. and Douglas, A. E.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 708-737.

    184. Lihoreau, M., Raine, N.E., Reynolds, A.M. Stelzer, R.J., Lim, K.S. Smith, A.D., Osborne, J.L., Chittka, L. (2013) Unravelling the mechanisms of trapline foraging in bees. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 6:1, e22701

    183. Papadopulos, A.S.T, Powell, MP, Pupulin, F., Warner, J., Hawkins, J.A. Salamin, N., Chittka, L., Williams, N.H., Whitten, W.M., Loader, D., Valente, L.M., Chase, M.W., Savolainen, V. (2013) Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids. Proc R Soc Lond B, 280: 20130960; http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0960

    182. Reynolds, A.M., Lihoreau, M., Chittka, L. (2013) A simple iterative model accurately captures complex trapline formation by bumblebees across spatial scales and flower arrangements. PLoS Computational Biology, 9(3): e1002938. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002938

     

    181. van der Woude, E., Smid, H.M., Chittka, L., Huigens, M.E. (2013) Breaking Haller’s rule:  Brain-body size isometry in a minute parasitic wasp. Brain, Behavior & Evolution 81:86–92

     

     

    180. Vukusic, P., Chittka, L. (2013). Visual signals: color and light production. In: The Insects: Structure and Function, 5th Edition (eds. Simpson, S. J. and Douglas, A. E.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (pp. 793-823)

     

      

    179. Wang, M.Y., Ings, T.C., Proulx, M.J., Chittka, L. (2013) Can bees simultaneously engage in adaptive foraging behaviour and attend to cryptic predators? Animal Behaviour, 86: 859-866.

     

     

    2012

     

     178. Arnold, S.E.J., Chittka, L. (2012) Illumination preference, illumination constancy and colour discrimination by bumblebees in an environment with patchy light. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 2173-2180

     

    177. Chittka, L., Rossiter, S.J., Skorupski, P., Fernando, C. (2012) What is comparable in comparative cognition? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 367, 2677-2685

    176. Chittka, A., Wurm, Y., Chittka, L. (2012) Epigenetics: the making of ant castes. Current Biology, 22, R835-838

     175. Chittka, L., Dyer, A.G. (2012) Cognition: Your face looks familiar. Nature (News & Views), 481,154–155

    174. Dawson, E., Chittka, L. (2012) Conspecific and heterospecific information use in bumblebees. PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31444. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031444
     

    173. Ings, T.C., Yang M.-Y., Chittka, L. (2012) Colour-independent shape recognition of cryptic predators by bumblebees. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 66: 487–496

          

    172. Lenz, F., Ings, T.C., Chittka, L., Chechkin, A.V., Klages, R. (2012) Spatio-temporal dynamics of bumblebees foraging under predation risk. Physical Review Letters, 108: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.098103

     

    171. Lihoreau, M., Chittka, L., Le Comber, S., Raine, N.E. (2012) Bees do not use nearest-neighbour rules for optimization of multi-location routes. Biology Letters, 8: 13-16.
     

    170. Lihoreau, M., Latty, T., Chittka, L. (2012) An exploration of the social brain hypothesis in insects. Frontiers in Physiology, 3:442. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00442

    169. Lihoreau, M., Raine, N.E., Reynolds, A.M. Stelzer, R.J., Lim, K.S. Smith, A.D., Osborne, J.L., Chittka, L. (2012) Radar Tracking and Motion-sensitive Cameras on Flowers Reveal the Development of Pollinator Multi-Destination Routes over Large Spatial Scales. PLoS Biology, 10(9): e1001392. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001392

    168. Muller, H. & Chittka, L. (2012) Consistent interindividual differences in discrimination performance by bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris) in colour, shape and odour learning tasks. Entomologia generalis, 34: 1-8
     

    167. Przybyłowicz, T., Roessingh, P., Biesmeijer, K., Oostermeijer, G., Chittka, L. and Gravendeel, B. (2012) The role of scent in chemical mimicry of the European lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus). Contributions to Zoology, 81: 103-110

     

    166. Raine, N.R. & Chittka, L. (2012) No Trade-Off between Learning Speed and Associative Flexibility in Bumblebees: A Reversal Learning Test with Multiple Colonies. PLoS ONE, 7(9): e45096. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045096

     

     

    2011

     

     165. Chittka, L. & Jensen, K. (2011) Animal cognition: concepts from apes to bees. Current Biology, 21: R116-119.

     

    164. Chittka, L. & Mesoudi, A. (2011) Insect Swarm Intelligence. A review of: Honeybee Democracy by T.D. Seeley. Science, 331: 401-402.

     

    163. Chittka, L. & Skorupski, P. (2011) Information processing in miniature brains. Proc Royal Soc Lond B, 278: 885-888

    162. Chittka, L. & Walker, J. (2011) Insects as art lovers. Artlink, 31: 46-48.

      

    161. Doering, T., Chittka, L. (2011) How human are insects, and does it matter? Formosan Entomologist, 31: 85-99

     

    160. Leadbeater, E, Chittka, L. (2011) Do inexperienced bumblebee foragers use scent marks as social information? Animal Cognition, 14:915–919

      

    159. Lihoreau, M., Chittka, L., Raine, N.E. (2011) Trade-off between travel distance and prioritization of high-reward sites in traplining bumblebees. Functional Ecology, 25, 1284–1292

          

    158. Mendl, M., Paul, E.S., Chittka, L. (2011) Animal Behaviour: Emotion in Invertebrates? Current Biology, 21: R463-465

    157. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2011). Is colour cognitive? Optics and Laser Technology, 43: 251-260

    156. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2011) Photoreceptor processing speed and changes in input resistance during light adaptation correlate with spectral class in bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. PLoS One, 6(10): e25989. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0025989

    155. Whitney, H.M., Bennett, K.M.V., Dorling, M., Sandbach, L., Prince, D., Chittka, L., Glover, B.J. (2011) Why do so many petals have conical epidermal cells? Annals of Botany, 108: 609–616

    154. Whitney, H.M., Poetes, R., Steiner, U., Chittka, L., Glover, B.J. (2011) Determining the contribution of epidermal cell shape to petal wettability using isogenic Antirrhinum lines. PLoS ONE, 6: e17576. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017576
      

    2010

     

    153. Arnold, S.E.J, Faruq, S., Savolainen, V., McOwan, P.W., Chittka, L. (2010) FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database - a web portal for analyses of flower colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014287

     

    152. Chittka, A. & Chittka, L. (2010) Epigenetics of royalty. PLoS Biology, 8(11):

    e1000532. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000532

     

    151. Chittka, L. (2010) Lars Chittka. Current Biology, 20: R1006-R1008

     

    150. Ings, T.C., Ings, N., Chittka, L., Rasmont, P. (2010) A failed invasion? Commercially introduced pollinators in Southern France. Apidologie 41: 1-13

    149. Kapustjansky, A., Chittka, L., Spaethe, J. (2010) Bees use three-dimensional information to improve target detection. Naturwissenschaften, 97: 229-233

    148. Lihoreau M., Chittka, L., Raine, N.R. (2010). Travel Optimization by Foraging Bumblebees through readjustments of traplines after discovery of new feeding locations. American Naturalist, 176: 744-757

     

    147. Muller H., Grossmann, H., Chittka, L. (2010). “Personality” in bumblebees: individual consistency in responses to novel colours? Animal Behaviour, 80: 1065-1074

     

    146. Niven, J. & Chittka, L. (2010) Reuse of identified neurons in multiple neural circuits.  Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 33: 285-285

     

     

    145. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2010).Differences in Photoreceptor Processing Speed for Chromatic and Achromatic Vision in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. The Journal of Neuroscience, 30: 3896–3903

     

     

    144. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2010) Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens (Hymenoptera: Apidae). PLoS One, 5(8): e12049.

    doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012049

     

     143. Stelzer, R.J., Chittka, L. (2010) Bumblebee foraging rhythms under the midnight sun, measured with radio-frequency identification. BMC Biology, 8:93 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-8-93

     

     

    142. Stelzer, R.J., Chittka, L., Carlton, M., Ings, T.C. (2010) Winter active bumblebees achieve high foraging rates in urban Britain. PLoS One, 5(3): e9559. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0009559

     

    141. Stelzer, R.J., Raine, N.E., Schmitt, K.D., Chittka, L. (2010) Effects of aposematic colouration on predation risk in bumblebees? A comparison between differently coloured populations, with consideration of the ultraviolet. Journal of Zoology, 282: 75-83

     140. Stelzer, R.J. Stanewsky, R., Chittka, L. (2010) Circadian Rhythms of Complete Forager Castes of Bumblebee Colonies Monitored by Radio-Frequency Identification. Journal of Biological Rhythms, 25: 257-267
     

    2009

     

    139. Arnold, S.E.J., Le Comber, S.C. & Chittka, L. (2009). Flower color phenology in European grassland and woodland habitats, through the eyes of pollinators. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, 57: 211–230

     

    138. Arnold, S.E.J., Savolainen, V., Chittka, L. (2009) Flower colours along an alpine altitude gradient, seen through the eyes of fly and bee pollinators. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 3: 27-43

     

     

    137. Chittka, L., Muller, H. (2009) Learning, specialization, efficiency and task allocation in social insects. Communicative and Integrative Biology 2: 151-154

     

     136. Chittka, L., Niven, J.E. (2009) Are bigger brains better? Current Biology, 19: R995–R1008

     

    135. Chittka, L., Skorupski, P., Raine, N.E., (2009) Speed-accuracy tradeoffs in animal decision making. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 24: 400-407

    134. Dangles, O., Irschick, D., Chittka, L. & Casas, J. (2009) Variability in sensory ecology:  expanding the bridge between physiology and evolutionary biology. Quarterly Review of Biology, 84: 51-74

     

    133. Ings, T.C., Chittka, L. (2009) Predator crypsis enhances behaviourally-mediated indirect effects on plants by altering bumblebee foraging preferences. Proc. Royal Soc. B, 276: 2031-2036

    132. Ings, T.C., Raine, N.E., Chittka, L. (2009) A population comparison of the strength and persistence of innate colour preference and learning speed in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Behavioural Ecology & Sociobiology, 63: 1207-1218.

    131. Leadbeater, E.A., Chittka, L. (2009) Bumblebees learn the value of social information through experience. Biology Letters 5: 310-312

    130. Leadbeater, E.A. & Chittka, L. (2009) Social information use in foraging insects. In: S. Jarau & M. Hrncir (eds.) Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches. CRC Press, pp 135-146.

     

    129. Molet, M., Chittka, L., Raine, N.E. (2009) Bumblebee foraging pheromones. Bee Craft, July 2009, p.20.

     

    128. Molet, M., Chittka, L. & Raine, N.E. (2009) Learning of floral odour inside the nest by bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) workers during recruitment. Naturwissenschaften, 96: 213-219.

     

    127. Molet, M., Chittka, L. & Raine, N.E. (2009) Potential application of the bumblebee foraging recruitment pheromone for commercial greenhouse pollination. Apidologie, 40: 608-116.

     

    126. Ollerton, J., Cranmer, L., Stelzer, R., Sullivan, S., & Chittka, L. (2009) Bird pollination of Canary Island endemic plants. Naturwissenschaften, 96: 221-232.

     

     

    125. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2009) Measuring the adaptiveness of social insect foraging strategies - an empirical approach. In: S. Jarau & M. Hrncir (eds.) Food Exploitation by Social Insects: Ecological, Behavioral, and Theoretical Approaches. CRC Press, pp 9-28

     

    124. Whitney, H.M., Chittka, L., Bruce, T.J.A, Glover, B. (2009) Conical cells allow bees to grip flowers and increase foraging efficiency. Current Biology, 19: 948-953.

     

     

    123. Whitney, H.M., Kolle, M., Andrew, P., Chittka, L., Steiner, U., Glover, B. (2009) Response to comment on "Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators" Science, 325, 1072-e; DOI: 10.1126/science.1173503

     

    122. Whitney, H.M., Kolle, M., Andrew, P., Chittka, L., Steiner, U., Glover, B. (2009) Floral iridescence, produced by diffractive optics, acts as a cue for animal pollinators. Science, 332: 130-133.
      

    2008

     

    121. Doering, T.F., Hardie, J., Leather, S., Spaethe, J., Chittka, L. (2008) Can aphids play football? Antenna 32: 146-148.

     

     120. Ings, T.C. & Chittka, L. (2008) Speed-accuracy tradeoffs and false alarms in bee responses to cryptic predators. Current Biology 18: 1520-1524.

    119. Leadbeater, E.A. & Chittka, L. (2008) Social transmission of nectar-robbing behaviour in bumblebees. Proc Roy Soc Lond B, 275: 1669-1674

    118. Molet, M., Chittka, L. Stelzer, R., Streit, S., Raine, N. (2008) Colony nutritional status modulates worker responses to foraging recruitment pheromone in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 1919-1926.

     

     

    117. Muller H & Chittka, L., (2008) Animal personalities: the advantage of diversity. Current Biology 18: R961-963.

     

     

     

    116. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2008) The correlation of learning speed and natural foraging success in bumblebees. Proc Roy Soc Lond B 275: 803-808

     

     

     115. Whitney, H.M., Dyer, A.G., Chittka, L., Rands, S.A., Glover, B. (2008) The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 95: 845-850
     

    2007

     

    114. Chittka, L. (2007) Seeing red by accident? Planet Earth, Autumn 2007, pp. 30-31.

     

    113. Chittka, L. (2007) A review of:  Letters from the Hive – An Intimate History of Bees, Honey, and Humankind. Buchmann S & Banning R. Entomologia Generalis, 29: 164.

     

    112. Chittka, L. (2007) A review of: Asian Honey Bees – Biology, Conservation, and Human Interactions. Oldroyd BP & Wongsiri S. Entomologia Generalis, 29: 284.

     

    111. Chittka, L. (2007) A review of: A Field Guide in Colour to Bees and Wasps. Zahradnik J & Severa F. Entomologia Generalis, 29: 134.

     

    110. Chittka, L. (2007) A review of: Bumblebees. Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA. Entomologia Generalis, 29: 123.

     

    109. Chittka, L. (2007) A review of: Bumblebees – Behaviour and Ecology. Goulson DG.  Entomologia Generalis, 29: 314

     

    108. Chittka, L. & Walker, J. (2007) Insects as art lovers: Bees for Van Gogh. Antennae, 2: 37-42.

     

     

    107. Chittka, L. & Doering, T. (2007) Are autumn leaf colours red signals to aphids? PLoS Biology, 5: 1640-1644


     106. Chittka, L. & Osorio, D.C. (2007) Cognitive dimensions of predator responses to imperfect mimicry? PLoS Biology 5: e339. 

     

    105. Chittka, L. & Spaethe, J. (2007). Visual search and the importance of time in complex decision making by bees. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1: 37-44

     

    104. Döring, T., Chittka, L. (2007) Visual ecology of aphids - a critical review on the role of colours in host finding. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1: 3-16.

     

    103. Döring, T.F. & Chittka, L. (2007) Lesley Goodman Award Public Lecture Series on Insect Vision. Antenna 31: 187-188.

     

    102. Dyer, A.G., Whitney, H.M., Arnold, S. E.J., Glover, B.J., Chittka, L. (2007) Mutations perturbing petal cell shape and anthocyanin synthesis influence bumblebee perception of Antirrhinum majus flower colour. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1: 45-55.

    101. Leadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. (2007) Social learning in insects – from miniature brains to consensus building. Current Biology, R703-R713

     

    100. Leadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. (2007) The dynamics of social learning in an insect model, the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 1789-1796.

     

    99. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2007). Flower constancy and memory dynamics in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia Generalis, 29: 179-199

     

    98. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2007) Learning a complex motor skill: bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) and pollen foraging. Naturwissenschaften, 94: 459-464 (with cover page)

    97. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2007) Nectar Production Rates of 75 Bumblebee-visited Flower Species in a German Flora (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris). Entomologia generalis 30: 191-192

     

    96. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2007) The Adaptive Significance of Sensory Bias in a Foraging Context: Floral Colour Preferences in the Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. PLoS One, 2 : e556. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000556.

     

     

    95. Saleh, N. & Chittka, L. (2007) Traplining in bumblebees (Bombus impatiens): a foraging strategy’s ontogeny and the importance of spatial reference memory in short range foraging. Oecologia, 151: 719-730.

     

    94. Saleh, N., Scott, A.G., Bryning, G.P., & Chittka, L. (2007). Distinguishing signals and cues: Bumblebees use general footprints to generate adaptive behaviour at flowers and nest. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 1: 119-127

     

    93. Skorupski P., Doering, T., Chittka, L. (2007) Photoreceptor spectral sensitivity in island and mainland populations of the bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. Journal of Comparative Physiology 193: 485-494.

    92. Stelzer, R., Ollerton, J., Chittka, L. (2007) Kein Nachweis für Hummelbesuch der Kanarischen Vogelblumen (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia generalis, 30: 153-154.

     91. Whitney, H.M. & Chittka, L. (2007) Warm flowers, happy pollinators. Biologist 54, 154-159.

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  • 2006

     

     90. Chittka L. & Raine, N.E. (2006). Recognition of flowers by pollinators. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 9: 428-435

  • 89. Chittka, L. & Walker, J. (2006) Do bees like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers? Optics and Laser Technology 38: 323-328 (with coverage on BBC and ABC news, Science, New Scientist, Art Monthly, The Times, and multiple radio stations)

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  • 88. Dornhaus, A., Klügl, F., Oechslein, C., Puppe, F., & Chittka, L. (2006). Benefits of recruitment in honey bees: ecology and colony size. Behavioral Ecology, 17, 336-344

    87. Dyer, A.G., Whitney, H.M., Arnold , S.E.J., Glover, B.J. & Chittka, L. (2006). Bees associate warmth with flower colour. Nature, 442: 525-525

    86. Ings, T.C., Ward, N.L. & Chittka, L. (2006) Can commercially imported bumblebees out-compete their native conspecifics? Journal of Applied Ecology, 43, 940-948 (with cover page)

     

    85. Leadbeater, E., Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2006) Social learning: ants and the meaning of teaching. Current Biology 16, 323-325

     

     84. Raine, N.E., Ings, T.C., Dornhaus, A, Saleh, N. & Chittka, L. (2006). Adaptation, genetic drift, pleiotropy, and history in the evolution of bee foraging behavior. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 36: 305-354.  

     

    83. Raine, N.E., Ings, T.C., Ramos-Rodriguez, O. & Chittka, L. (2006) Intercolony variation in learning performance of a wild British bumblebee population (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus terrestris audax). Entomologia generalis, 28: 241-256

     

    82. Saleh, N. & Chittka, L. (2006). The importance of experience in the interpretation of conspecific chemical signals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61: 215-220

    81. Saleh, N., Ohashi, K., Thomson, J.D. & Chittka L. (2006). Facultative use of the repellent scent mark in foraging bumblebees: complex versus simple flowers. Animal Behaviour, 71: 847-854

    80. Skorupski, P. & Chittka, L. (2006). Animal Cognition: an Insect's Sense of Time? Current Biology, 16: R851-R853

    79. Skorupski, P., Spaethe, J. & Chittka, L. (2006). Visual search and decision making in Bees: Time, Speed and Accuracy. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19: 342-357

    78. Spaethe, J., Tautz, J. & Chittka, L. (2006). Do honeybees detect colour targets using serial or parallel visual search? The Jounal of Experimental Biology, 209: 987-993

    2005

     

     77. Chittka, L. & Brockmann, A. (2005). Perception space, the final frontier. PLoS Biology, 3: 564-568

    76. Chittka, L. & Leadbeater, E. (2005). Social learning: public information in insects. Current Biology, 15: R869-R871

     

    75. Chittka, L. & Kevan, P.G. (2005). Flower colour as advertisement. In Dafni, A., Kevan, P.G., Husband, B.C. (eds.) Practical Pollination Biology. Enviroquest Ltd., Cambridge , ON , Canada , pp. 157-196

     

    74. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L. (2005). Bumble bees store both food and information in honeypots. Behavioral Ecology, 16: 661-666

     

    73. Dyer, A., Neumeyer, C., Chittka, L. (2005). Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) vision can discriminate between and recognise images of human faces. Journal of Experimental Biology, , 208: 4709-4714 (with cover page, and coverage in New Scientist)

     

    72. Heiling, A.M., Cheng, K., Chittka, L. , Goeth, A. & Herberstein , M.E. (2005). The role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by prey and predators. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208: 3925-3931

     

    71. Heiling, A.M., Chittka, L., Cheng, K. & Herberstein , M.E. (2005). Colouration in crab spiders – substrate choice and prey attraction. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208: 1785-1792

     

    70. Ings, T., Schikora, J. & Chittka, L. (2005). Bumblebees, humble pollinators or assiduousinvaders?  A population comparison of foraging performance in Bombus terrestris. Oecologia, 144: 508-516

     

    69. Ings, T., Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2005). Mating Preference of Commercially Imported Bumblebees ( Bombus terrestris ) in Britain (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Entomologia generalis, 28: 233-238

     

     68. Leadbeater, E. & Chittka, L. (2005). A new mode of information transfer in bumblebees. Current Biology, 15: R447-R448. (with commentary in Nature , Science News, and The Guardian)

     

    67. Lotto, R.B. & Chittka, L. (2005). Seeing the light: Illumination as a contextual cue to color choice behavior in bumblebees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102: 3852-3856

     

    66. Mena Granero, A., Guerra Sanz, J.M., Egea Gonzalez FJ, Martinez Vidal, JL, Dornhaus, A. Ghani, J., Roldán Serrano, A. & Chittka, L. (2005). Chemical compounds of the foraging recruitment pheromone in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 92: 371-374

     

    65. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2005). Comparison of flower constancy and foraging performance in three bumblebee species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus). Entomologia generalis, 28: 81-89

     

    64. Raine, N.E. & Chittka, L. (2005). Colour preferences in relation to the foraging performance and fitness of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris . Uludag Bee Journal, 5: 145-150

  • 63. Rasmont, P., Regali, A., Ings, T.C., Lognay, G., Baudart, E., Marlier, M., Delcarte, E., Viville, P., Marot, C., Falmagne, P., Verhaeghe, J.-C. & Chittka, L. (2005). Analysis of the pollen and nectar of Arbutus unedo as a food source for Bombus terrestris (Hymenoptera, Apidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 98: 656-663      
     

    2004

     

    62. Chittka, L. (2004). Dances as windows into insect perception. PLoS Biology, 2:898-900  

         61. Chittka, L., Ings, T. & Raine, N.E. (2004). Chance and adaptation in the evolution of island bumblebee behaviour. Population Ecology, 46: 243-251

     

    60. Chittka, L., & Wells, H. (2004). Color vision in bees: mechanisms, ecology and evolution. In: Prete, F.: Complex Worlds from simpler nervous systems; MIT Press, Boston pp. 165-191 

     
  • 59. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L. (2004). Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp). Apidologie, 35: 183-192 

     

     58. Dornhaus, A. & Chittka, L. (2004). Why do honeybees dance? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 55: 395-401

     

     

    57. Dyer, AG. & Chittka, L. (2004) Bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) sacrifice foraging speed to learn difficult colour discrimination tasks. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 190: 759-763.

     

    56. Dyer, AG. & Chittka, L. (2004). Biological significance of discriminating between similar colours in spectrally variable illumination: bumblebees as a study case. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 190: 105-114  

     

    55. Dyer, A.G. & Chittka, L. (2004). Bumblebee search times without ultraviolet light. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 1683-1688  

     

    54. Dyer, A.G. & Chittka, L. (2004). Fine colour discrimination requires differential conditioning in bumblebees. Naturwissenschaften, 91: 224-227

     

    53. Smith, C., Barber, I., Wootton, R.J. & Chittka, L. (2004). A receiver bias in the origin of threespine stickleback mate choice. Proceedings of the Royal Society London Series B, 271: 949-955
     

    2003


      52. Chittka, L. (2003) Plants and animals, forever entangled. A review of: “Plant-Animal Interactions”. C. Herrera & O. Pellmyr (eds.) Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18: 12-13.

    51. Chittka, L., Dyer, A.G., Bock, F. & Dornhaus, A. (2003) Bees trade off foraging speed for accuracy. Nature, 424: 388-388.

     

    50. Chittka, L. & Tautz, J (2003) The spectral input to honeybee visual odometry. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206: 2393-2397.

     

    49. Dornhaus, A., Brockmann, A. & Chittka, L. (2003) Bumble bees alert to food with pheromone from tergal gland. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 189: 47-51.

    48. Heiling, A. M., Herberstein, M. E. & Chittka, L. (2003) Crab-spiders manipulate flower signals. Nature, 421: 334-334.  

    47. Spaethe, J. & Chittka, L. (2003) Interindividual variation of eye optics and single object resolution in bumblebees. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206: 3447-3453.     

    2002

     

     

    46. Chittka, L. (2002) The influence of intermittent rewards on learning to handle flowers in bumblebees. Entomologia generalis 26: 85-91.

     

          

    2001
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  • 45. Briscoe, A. & Chittka, L. (2001) The evolution of colour vision in insects. Annual Review of Entomology 46, 471-510.

    44. Chittka, L. (2001) Camouflage of Predatory Crab Spiders on Flowers, and the Colour Perception of Bees. Entomologia generalis 25, 181-187.

    43. Chittka, L., Briscoe, A. (2001) Why sensory ecology needs to become more evolutionary – insect color vision as a case in point. In Barth, F.G., Schmid, A. (ed.) Ecology of Sensing, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp.19-38

    42. Chittka, L., Schürkens S. (2001) Successful invasion of a floral market.  Nature 411, 653-653.

    41. Chittka, L. and Thomson, J.D. (eds.) 2001 Cognitive Ecology of Pollination - Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution. Cambridge University Press, 423pp including Preface: Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (2001) Cognitive Ecology – Preface (pp. x-xiii).

     

    40. Chittka, L., Spaethe, J., Schmidt, A., Hickelsberger, A. (2001) Adaptation, constraint, and chance in the evolution of flower color and pollinator color vision. In: Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) Cognitive Ecology of Pollination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 106-126

     

     

    39. Dornhaus, A., Chittka, L. (2001). Food alert in bumblebees: possible mechanisms and evolutionary implications. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50: 570-576.

     

    38. Kevan, P.G., Chittka, L., Dyer, A. (2001) Limits to the salience of ultraviolet – lessons from color vision in bees and birds. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204: 2571-2580.

     

    37. Schürkens, S., Chittka, L. (2001) The significance of the invasive Crucifer species Bunias orientalis (Brassicaceae) as a nectar source for central European insects. Entomologia generalis 25: 115-120.

    36. Spaethe, J., Tautz, J., Chittka, L. (2001) Visual constraints in foraging bumble bees: flower size and colour affect search time and flight behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98: 3898-3903.

    35. Thomson, J.D. & Chittka, L. (2001) Pollinator individuality: when does it matter? In: Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) Cognitive Ecology of Pollination. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 191-213

     

    Chittka, L. & Thomson, J.D. (eds.) 2001.Cognitive Ecology of Pollination - Animal Behavior and Floral Evolution. Cambridge University Press, 423pp.

    Contributors:

    Robert J. Gegear, Terence M. Laverty, Randolf Menzel, Keith D. Waddington, Martin Giurfa, Miriam Lehrer, Robert A. Raguso, Lars Chittka, Johannes Spaethe, Annette Schmidt, Anja Hickelsberger, Sue Healy, T. Andrew Hurly, York Winter, Otto v. Helversen, Martha Weiss, Ann Smithson, Krinstina N. Jones, Kazuharu Ohashi, Tetsukazu Yahara, Lawrence D. Harder, Neal M. Williams, Crispin Y. Jordan, William A. Nelson, Nickolas M. Waser

    Order at: www.cup.org

    1999

     

     34. Chittka, L. (1999) Bees, white flowers, and the color hexagon – a reassessment? No, not yet. Naturwissenschaften 86, 595-597.

     

    33. Chittka, L. (1999) Spatial Representation in Animals. Sue Healy (ed.) Animal Behaviour 57: 735-736

     

    32. Chittka, L. (1999) Learning and Adaptation. A review of: "Cognitive Ecology: The Evolutionary Ecology of Information Processing and Decision Making". Reuven Dukas (ed.) Quarterly Review of Biology, 74: 326-327

     

    31. Chittka, L. & Dornhaus, A. (1999) Comparisons in physiology and evolution, and why bees can do the things they do. Ciencia al Dia International 2 (2): 1-17 (electronic publication http://www.ciencia.cl/CienciaAlDia/volumen2/numero2/articulos/articulo5.html

     
  • 30. Chittka, L., Thomson, J.D. Waser, N.M (1999) Flower constancy, insect psychology, and plant evolution. Naturwissenschaften 86: 361-377.

     

    29. Chittka, L., Williams, N., Rasmussen, H., Thomson, J.D. (1999). Navigation without vision –bumble bee orientation in complete darkness. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B, 266: 45-50. (with commentary in Science News)

     

    28. Dornhaus, A., Chittka, L. (1999) Evolutionary origins of bee dances. Nature 401: 38-38.

     

    27. Gumbert, A., Kunze, J. Chittka, L. (1999) Flower color diversity in plant communities, bee color space, and a null model. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B, 266: 1711-1716.


    1998


    26. Chittka, L. (1998) Sensori-motor learning in bumble bees: long term retention and reversal training. Journal of Experimental Biology 201: 515-524 (with commentary in New Scientist)

     

     

    25. Menzel, R., Geiger, K., Mueller, U., Joerges, J. and Chittka, L. (1998) Bees travel novel homeward routes by integrating separately acquired vector memories. Animal Behaviour, 55: 139-152

     

     

     24. Waser, N.M. & Chittka, L. (1998) Bedazzled by flowers. Nature  394: 835-836

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  • 1997

     

         23. Chittka, L. (1997) Bee color vision is optimal for coding flower colors, but flower colors are  not optimal for being coded - why? Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 45: 115-127

     

     

    22. Chittka, L., Gumbert, A., and Kunze, J. (1997) Foraging dynamics of bumble bees: correlates of movements within and between plant species. Behavioral Ecology  8: 239-249

      

     

     

    21. Chittka, L., Schorn, J., de Souza, J.M., Ventura, D.F., and Camargo, J.M.F. (1997) The nest entrance signal of the Amazonian bees Partamona pearsoni - a case where insects design their own flight targets. In: Kipyatkov, V.E. (ed.) Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects, Volume 3-4, pp.107-116

     

     
  • 20. Chittka, L. and Thomson, J.D (1997) Sensori-motor learning and its relevance for task specialization in bumble bees. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 41: 385-398 

  • 19. Chittka, L. & Waser, N.M. (1997) Why red flowers are not invisible for bees. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 45: 169-183 (with commentary in TREE)
     

  • 1996


    18. Chittka, L. (1996). Optimal sets of colour receptors and opponent processes for coding of natural objects in insect vision. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 181: 179-196

     

    17. Chittka, L. (1996). Does bee colour vision predate the evolution of flower colour? Naturwissenschaften, 83: 136-138 (with commentary in Discover Magazine)

     

    16. Kevan, P.G., Giurfa, M. & Chittka, L. (1996). Why are there so many and so few white flowers? Trends in Plant Sciences, 1: 280-284

     

    15. Lunau, K., Wacht, S. & Chittka, L. (1996). Colour choices of naive bumble bees and their implications for colour perception. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 178: 477-489

     

    14. Menzel, R., Geiger, K., Chittka, L., Joerges, J., Kunze, J., and Mueller, U. (1996). The knowledge base of bee navigation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 199: 141-146

     

    13. Waser , N.M., Chittka, L., Price, M.V., Williams, N. & Ollerton, J. (1996). Generalization in pollination systems, and why it matters. Ecology, 77: 1043-1060

    1995


    12. Chittka, L. & Geiger, K. (1995). Can honeybees count landmarks? Animal Behaviour, 49: 159-164 (with commentary in New Scientist)

     

    11. Chittka, L. & Geiger, K. (1995). Honeybee long-distance orientation in a controlled environment. Ethology, 99: 117-126

     

    10. Chittka, L., Kunze, J. & Geiger, K. (1995). The influences of landmarks on distance estimation of honeybees. Animal Behaviour, 50: 23-31

     

    9. Chittka, L., Kunze, J., Shipman, C. & Buchmann, S.L. (1995). The significance of landmarks for path integration of homing honey bee foragers. Naturwissenschaften, 82: 341-343

     

    8. Giurfa, M., Nunez, J., Chittka, L., & Menzel, R. (1995). Colour preferences of flower-naive honeybees. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 177: 247-259

    1994


    7. Chittka, L., Shmida, A., Troje, N. & Menzel, R. (1994). Ultraviolet as a component of flower reflections, and the colour perception of hymenoptera. Vision Research, 34: 1489-1508

    1993


    6. Chittka, L. (1993) The colour perception of Hymenoptera, the colours of flowers, and their evolutionary and ecological relationship. PhD Dissertation, Free University of Berlin

     

    5. Chittka, L., Vorobyev, M., Shmida, A. & Menzel, R. (1993). Bee colour vision - the optimal system for the discrimination of flower colours with three spectral photoreceptor types? In: Sensory Systems of Arthropods, (edited by Wiese, K., Gribakin, F.G., Popov, A.V. and Renninger, G.) Basel/Switzerland:Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 211-218

    1992


    4. Chittka, L. (1992). The color hexagon: a chromaticity diagram based on photoreceptor excitations as a generalized representation of colour opponency. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 170: 533-543    

    3. Chittka, L., Beier, W., Hertel, H., Steinmann, E., and Menzel, R. (1992) Opponent colour coding is a universal strategy to evaluate the photoreceptor inputs in hymenoptera. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 170:545-563.

    2. Chittka, L. & Menzel, R. (1992). The evolutionary adaptation of flower colors and the insect pollinators' color vision systems. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 171:171-181

    1990


     1. Menzel, R., Chittka, L., Eichmüller, S., Geiger, K., Peitsch, D. & Knoll, P. (1990). Dominance of celestial cues over landmarks disproves map-like orientation in honey bees. Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 45c:723-726

    SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE

     

    2024    Le Monde (France; “Lars Chittka, une vie vouée au bourdon” Aug 31, 2024) https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2024/08/31/lars-chittka-une-vie-vouee-au-bourdon_6300402_1650684.html

    2023    Article in leading German news magazine Der Spiegel: Biologe Lars Chittka: Der Herr der Bienen 24/2/2023 https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/biologe-lars-chittka-der-herr-der-bienen-a-127e39ad-634c-46cb-bed5-757702f3a314

    Article about my work in Greenpeace Magazin (Ausgabe 6.23 "Tierintelligenz").; Das große Knobeln. Was Insekten alles können – Laborbesuch in London

    2022    Article about my work on insect sentience and intelligence in the journal Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/do-insects-have-brains-1683193

    Article in the Observer / The Guardian (16/7/22): ‘Bees are really highly intelligent’: the insect IQ tests causing a buzz among scientists: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/16/bees-are-really-highly-intelligent-the-insect-iq-tests-causing-a-buzz-among-scientists

    2021    7-page print article about me and my team's work in Dutch popular scientific journal KIJK about the intelligence of bees. Published November 2021, entitled: Bijenonderzoeker Lars Chittka: Ik wil dat meer mensen weten dat bijen een rijk mentaal leven hebben (I wish that more people were aware that bees have a rich mental life). https://tijdschriftnu.nl/products/kijk-editie-11-2021

    2020     Interview on Big Biology podcast “Smarthropods – Cognition in Insects” (37 minutes; https://www.bigbiology.org/podcast) Interview in BYU Radio “Constant Wonder: Smart Bees” (aired 30/3/2020; 50 minutes http://byuradiostage.byu.edu/episode/bd8dc260-e7b0-44ce-a3bb a7d613d49c55/constant-wonder-smart-bees?autoplay=true

    2019     Portrait in BBC Wildlife Magazine “Meet the Scientist” (November 2019 issue; p.28 https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bbc-wildlife magazine/20191024/282664689156186)

    Reuters Video clip about my music album Strange Flowers: “Sex, death, rock 'n' roll: the life of a bee” https://finance.yahoo.com/video/sex-death-rock-n-roll-152856137.html

    2018     TV Interview with Alexander Kluge “Der Geist der Bienen” (dctp, RTL and SRF; 14/02/2018; 24 minutes); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAr8vd_EZCw

    Portrait in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung “Das geistige Leben der Bienen” 13/6/2018

    Portrait in Tagesspiegel (Berlin) “Maximum im Minihirn” 25/5/2018

    2016     The Guardian – Facebook page 19/10/2016 Video about my team’s bumblebee work “Bees can learn mad skills: https://www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/577812755739825 - viewed 24 Million times (as of Oct 2020)

    2010     Interview on Mongabay (with Jeremy Hance) “Uncovering the intelligence of insects, an interview with Lars Chittka” https://news.mongabay.com/2010/06/uncovering-the-intelligence-of-insects-an-interview-with-lars-chittka/

     

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