IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW CONTINGENCY-BASED RESPONSE IN HONEY-BEES (APIS-MELLIFERA) THROUGH REVISION OF THE PROBOSCIS EXTENSION CONDITIONING PARADIGM

The two experiments reported present new information in the area of cl assical conditioning experiments with honey bees. Experiment I establi shes a single unconditioned stimulus (US) technique as a preferred tec hnique for conditioning of the proboscis extension response, Experimen t I further identifies a new head turn response which occurs when the standard compound US technique is used. Experiment 2 demonstrates that the newly identified head turn response is contingency-based and prov ides important new response to the repertoire of honey bee learning ex periments.