Burns, James G.; Thomson, James D. - In: Behavioral Ecology 17 (2006) 1, pp. 48-55
. Bumblebees also demonstrate the use of a spatial memory strategy by returning repeatedly to patches of flowers, and even … spatial memory while foraging within a patch and after how many flower visits spatial memory outweighs near-far search … increasingly used spatial memory as experience and spatial separation increased. Bumblebees thus have multiple tactics available to …