bumblebee

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Then come the insects, the Franklin’s bumblebee and the Bozdagh grasshopper in turn, then the spiders, the fish, the reptiles, the amphibians, the frogs, 17 kinds in all.

From New York Times

The researchers discovered that "social learning" may have had a greater influence on the behaviour of bumblebees than previously imagined.

From BBC

These earlier studies showed that bumblebees were capable of social learning but not necessarily of culture, which involves the spread of a specific behavioral variant throughout a population.

From Scientific American

To qualify, landowners take steps that would benefit declining species, including pollinators such as bumblebees and monarch butterflies.

From Seattle Times

The same optimism cannot be applied to most bumblebee populations, which are seeing cataclysmic declines across the globe, thanks to climate change.

From Salon