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What insects can tell us about the origins of consciousness by Barron, Andrew B., Klein, Colin

“…How, why, and when consciousness evolved remain hotly debated topics. Addressing these issues requires considering the distribution of consciousness across the…”
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Rapid behavioral maturation accelerates failure of stressed honey bee colonies by Perry, Clint J., Søvik, Eirik, Myerscough, Mary R., Barron, Andrew B.

“…Many complex factors have been linked to the recent marked increase in honey bee colony failure, including pests and pathogens, agrochemicals, and nutritional…”
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The evolution of honey bee dance communication: a mechanistic perspective by Barron, Andrew B, Plath, Jenny Aino

“…Honey bee dance has been intensively studied as a communication system, and yet we still know very little about the neurobiological mechanisms supporting how…”
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Genital evolution: why are females still understudied? by Ah-King, Malin, Barron, Andrew B, Herberstein, Marie E

“…The diversity, variability, and apparent rapid evolution of animal genitalia are a vivid focus of research in evolutionary biology, and studies exploring…”
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Honey bees selectively avoid difficult choices by Perry, Clint J., Barron, Andrew B.

“…Human decision-making strategies are strongly influenced by an awareness of certainty or uncertainty (a form of metacognition) to increase the chances of…”
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Neural Mechanisms of Reward in Insects by Perry, Clint J, Barron, Andrew B

“…Reward seeking is a major motivator and organizer of behavior, and animals readily learn to modify their behavior to more easily obtain reward, or to respond…”
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The development of honey bee colonies assessed using a new semi-automated brood counting method: CombCount by Colin, Théotime, Bruce, Jake, Meikle, William G, Barron, Andrew B

“…Precise, objective data on brood and honey levels in honey bee colonies can be obtained through the analysis of hive frame photographs. However, accurate…”
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Prosociality and a Sociosexual Hypothesis for the Evolution of Same-Sex Attraction in Humans by Barron, Andrew B, Hare, Brian

“…Human same-sex sexual attraction (SSSA) has long been considered to be an evolutionary puzzle. The trait is clearly biological: it is widespread and has a…”
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A model of resource partitioning between foraging bees based on learning by Dubois, Thibault, Pasquaretta, Cristian, Barron, Andrew B, Gautrais, Jacques, Lihoreau, Mathieu

“…Central place foraging pollinators tend to develop multi-destination routes (traplines) to exploit patchily distributed plant resources. While the formation of…”
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A quantitative model of honey bee colony population dynamics by Khoury, David S, Myerscough, Mary R, Barron, Andrew B

“…Since 2006 the rate of honey bee colony failure has increased significantly. As an aid to testing hypotheses for the causes of colony failure we have developed…”
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Modelling food and population dynamics in honey bee colonies by Khoury, David S, Barron, Andrew B, Myerscough, Mary R

“…Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are increasingly in demand as pollinators for various key agricultural food crops, but globally honey bee populations are in…”
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A computational model of the integration of landmarks and motion in the insect central complex by Cope, Alex J, Sabo, Chelsea, Vasilaki, Eleni, Barron, Andrew B, Marshall, James A R

“…The insect central complex (CX) is an enigmatic structure whose computational function has evaded inquiry, but has been implicated in a wide range of…”
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Relationship between brain plasticity, learning and foraging performance in honey bees by Cabirol, Amélie, Cope, Alex J, Barron, Andrew B, Devaud, Jean-Marc

“…Brain structure and learning capacities both vary with experience, but the mechanistic link between them is unclear. Here, we investigated whether…”
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Using within-day hive weight changes to measure environmental effects on honey bee colonies by Meikle, William G, Holst, Niels, Colin, Théotime, Weiss, Milagra, Carroll, Mark J, McFrederick, Quinn S, Barron, Andrew B

“…Patterns in within-day hive weight data from two independent datasets in Arizona and California were modeled using piecewise regression, and analyzed with…”
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Chronic exposure to trace lead impairs honey bee learning by Monchanin, Coline, Blanc-Brude, Amaury, Drujont, Erwann, Negahi, Mohammed Mustafa, Pasquaretta, Cristian, Silvestre, Jérôme, Baqué, David, Elger, Arnaud, Barron, Andrew B., Devaud, Jean-Marc, Lihoreau, Mathieu

“…Pollutants can have severe detrimental effects on insects, even at sublethal doses, damaging developmental and cognitive processes involved in crucial…”
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Traces of a neonicotinoid pesticide stimulate different honey bee colony activities, but do not increase colony size or longevity by Meikle, William G., Colin, Théotime, Adamczyk, John J., Weiss, Milagra, Barron, Andrew B.

“…How neonicotinoid contamination affects honey bees remains controversial. Studies have yielded contradictory results, and few have examined effects on colony…”
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Learning, gustatory responsiveness and tyramine differences across nurse and forager honeybees by Scheiner, Ricarda, Reim, Tina, Søvik, Eirik, Entler, Brian V, Barron, Andrew B, Thamm, Markus

“…Honeybees are well known for their complex division of labor. Each bee sequentially performs a series of social tasks during its life. The changes in social…”
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How honey bees make fast and accurate decisions by MaBouDi, HaDi, Marshall, James A R, Dearden, Neville, Barron, Andrew B

“…Honey bee ecology demands they make both rapid and accurate assessments of which flowers are most likely to offer them nectar or pollen. To understand the…”
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Inter-individual variability in the foraging behaviour of traplining bumblebees by Klein, Simon, Pasquaretta, Cristian, Barron, Andrew B., Devaud, Jean-Marc, Lihoreau, Mathieu

“…Workers of social insects, such as bees, ants and wasps, show some degree of inter-individual variability in decision-making, learning and memory. Whether…”
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Negative impact of manganese on honeybee foraging by Søvik, Eirik, Perry, Clint J., LaMora, Angie, Barron, Andrew B., Ben-Shahar, Yehuda

“…Anthropogenic accumulation of metals such as manganese is a well-established health risk factor for vertebrates. By contrast, the long-term impact of these…”
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