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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Bumble bees that follow a stricter routine innovate less: Foraging behaviors, environmental complexity, and how they relate to novel problem solving.

Shannon R McWaters, James J Kearsley, David W Kikuchi, Timothy J Polnaszek, Anna Dornhaus

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shannon R McWatersDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.ORCID 0000-0002-5579-6128
James J KearsleyDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
David W KikuchiDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.ORCID 0000-0002-7379-2788
Timothy J PolnaszekDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.ORCID 0000-0002-5416-775X
Anna DornhausDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.ORCID 0000-0002-9809-7263

Funding

POST DOCTORAL EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND TEACHINGK12GM000708 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI STRAUSFELD, NICHOLAS J · 2000 to 2018
$21.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM000708
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of animals to innovate - solve novel problems - can shape their ecology and evolution. Here we investigate how individual traits and environmental complexity relate to successful solving of a novel problem. We presented foraging bumble bees (

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cognitionexplorationforagingpersonality

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PMID41959323
PMCPMC13060793

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