>When someone writes a book, rather than a paper, they can either do a very
detailed job of supporting each factoid with a citation, or one can just lay
a claim out there with no citation to any study in support. The magical
thing about books is that no one does any refereeing prior to publication as
would be done with a paper in a journal.
I certainly understand and appreciate this sentiment - the reality however
is that Dr. Chittka's book is his layman's extension of an impressive and
voluminous body of scholarly work into the cognitive and learning abilities
of bees:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=ux2CNs0AAAAJ&view_op=list_wo
rks&sortby=pubdate
The following video IMHO is a good overview by Dr. Chittka of the high-level
results and takeaways from his research to-date. Well-worth the 1.5 hour
investment in my decidedly humble view:
https://youtu.be/Iut33k3MHyI
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