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Title: Scientist Train honey bees to stick out their tongues This article was a very interesting experiment done by Dr. Volker Dürr of Bielefeld University where they trained honey bees to stick out their tongues. According to the article honey bees stick out their tongue when their antennas touch a textured surface with sugar water on it. Every time the scientists would put the bees on that same surface, the bee will start to extend its tongue when it touches the associated surface (sciencedaily.com). This experiment is a great example of classical conditioning; which is defined as learning that results from the association of stimuli(Lifespan Development p#29). Because the bees were trained to stick out their tongues every time they were on a sugar water surface, we can say that the surface was the stimulus that caused the bees to respond. When a response occurs reliably in connection with a conditioned stimulus it is called a learned response (Lifespan development P#29). In addition, the bees were also the experimental group for they were the ones being tested on. By performing this experiment the Dr. D ürr was able to get a better understanding of how the bees communicate with each other.

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