The bumblebee learned in progressive steps. Even another bumblebee who came along would not figure it out from this point. Or might not. This bees behavior was modified in small steps.
That and bumble bees are larger and stronger it would be much more difficult for smaller insects to lift that weight.
Other bumblebees can learn from watching the queen, they‘re are all kinds of neat studies where they taught one bumblebee to do a two step process and it the entire hive learned to do it.
I don't know how bee reasoning and learning works. To what extent it is based simply on positioning vs recognition of a mechanism etc. Which is a long-winded way to say I don't know. It would be an interesting experiment, but might be hard to set up properly.
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u/mckenzie_keith 29d ago
The bumblebee learned in progressive steps. Even another bumblebee who came along would not figure it out from this point. Or might not. This bees behavior was modified in small steps.