Development of a behavioural assay to examine magnetosensitive behaviour in bumblebees
Summary: The magnetic field surrounding the Earth has repeatedly been shown to be used by various animals for navigation purposes. There is not yet any published data on the existence of a magnetic sense in a bumblebee. I here present the development of a method suitable for examining the existence of a magnetic sense in the buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) by using a four-armed maze loca