Study Reveals that Bumblebees Are Not Creatures of Habit; They Change Flowers as It Suits Them.

Beyond memory, they choose flowers based on travel costs and color similarity, revealing a more efficient foraging strategy than previously thought. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have revealed that bumblebees aren't simple foragers, but rather experts in efficiency. For years, we thought bees were creatures of habit. That, to keep things simple, they preferred to visit the same type of flower over and over again. Different flowers? No…