Table 4. Experiment Summary Table.
Summary of all experiments, including name, number of colony or colonies used, sample size, and success rate of observed individuals.
Experiment | Colony | Success rate N |
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String-Pulling Training | 1 | 23/40 |
Solution of String Pulling by Untrained Bees (Test 1) | 1–11 | 0/291 |
Solution of String Pulling by Untrained Bees (Test 2) | 1, 9–11 | 2/135 |
Perceptual feedback in demonstrators with little experience | 2 | 2/15 |
Perceptual feedback in demonstrators with extensive experience | 2 | 11/15 |
Social Observation | 1 | 15/25 |
“Ghost Control” | 3 | 0/15 |
Stimulus Enhancement | 4 | 0/14 |
Coiled-String Experiment in Observers | 5 | 0/27 |
Coiled-String Experiment in Trained Demonstrators | 5 | 3/8 |
Transmission Chain Experiment (with seeded demonstrator) | 6 | 25/47 |
7 | 17/29 | |
8 | 12/28 | |
Transmission Chain, Control (without seeded demonstrator) | 9 | 0/51 |
10 | 0/58 | |
11 | 0/66 |