{
  "id": 669484,
  "title": "Bumblebees can learn to associate new smells with their queen",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/bumblebees-can-learn-to-associate-new-smells-with-their-queen",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-12T12:40:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bumblebees-associate-queen.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bumblebees are able to learn to associate new odors with their colony's queen, instead of being preprogrammed to recognize the queen's pheromones from birth, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State. For the study, published in the journal Communications Biology, the researchers treated buff-tailed bumblebee queens daily with one of two different floral scents as they built their…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}