What can honey bee brain chemistry teach us about learning?

research 1:09 What can honey bee brain chemistry teach us about learning?

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Clayton Metz

13 Feb 2026 550

Scientists with ‪@virginiatech‬'s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC and Arizona State University recorded, for the first time in honey bees, the dynamics of neurotransmitters as the bees learned to associate an odor with a sugar reward. The discovery in the journal Science Advances offers insight into human learning.

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