ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2014
Multisensory integration of colors and scents: insights from bees and flowers.
Review in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.
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- Sulfoxaflor reduces food intake and learning efficiency of solitary Osmia bicornis bees.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Olfactory learning in two Amblypygi species Paraphrynus laevifrons and Phrynus pseudoparvulus.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Bees flexibly adjust decision strategies to information content in a foraging task.Science advances · 2026Article
- Pacific Northwest native plants and native cultivars part II: plant and pollinator traits.Environmental entomology · 2025Article
- Bumblebees learn to use antennal and tarsal taste to predict the presence of nectar rewards in flowers.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Honey Bee Foraging Decisions Are Shaped by Floral Trait Distinctiveness and Perception of Gains or Losses.Insects · 2025Article
- Innate Nectar Plant Attraction Is Primarily Visually-Guided but Olfactory-Stimulated in North American Monarch Butterflies.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Multimodal processing of noisy cues in bumblebees.iScience · 2024Article
- Stimulus intensity and temporal configuration interact during bimodal learning and memory in honey bees.PloS one · 2024Article
- The Development of Floral Scent Research: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis (1987-2022).Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Learning-Induced Odor Modulation of Neuronal Activity in Auditory Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Birds differentially prioritize visual and olfactory foraging cues depending on habitat of origin and sex.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
- Visual accelerated and olfactory decelerated responses during multimodal learning in honeybees.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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- Honey bees respond to multimodal stimuli following the principle of inverse effectiveness.The Journal of experimental biology · 2022Article
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- Mixed pollination system and floral signals of Paepalanthus (Eriocaulaceae): insects and geitonogamy ensure high reproductive success.Annals of botany · 2022Article
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- Label-based expectations affect incentive contrast effects in bumblebees.Biology letters · 2022Article
- Florivory and Pollination Intersection: Changes in Floral Trait Expression Do Not Discourage Hummingbird Pollination.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
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Abstract
Karl von Frisch's studies of bees' color vision and chemical senses opened a window into the perceptual world of a species other than our own. A century of subsequent research on bees' visual and olfactory systems has developed along two productive but independent trajectories, leaving the questions of how and why bees use these two senses in concert largely unexplored. Given current interest in multimodal communication and recently discovered interplay between olfaction and vision in humans and Drosophila, understanding multisensory integration in bees is an opportunity to advance knowledge across fields. Using a classic ethological framework, we formulate proximate and ultimate perspectives on bees' use of multisensory stimuli. We discuss interactions between scent and color in the context of bee cognition and perception, focusing on mechanistic and functional approaches, and we highlight opportunities to further explore the development and evolution of multisensory integration. We argue that although the visual and olfactory worlds of bees are perhaps the best-studied of any non-human species, research focusing on the interactions between these two sensory modalities is vitally needed.
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