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Figure 1 Measured differences in preference for the stimulus colors chosen for the experiment. The total percent chosen for each color averaged across.

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1 Figure 1 Measured differences in preference for the stimulus colors chosen for the experiment. The total percent chosen for each color averaged across all bees is shown. The x axis represents the color preference in relation to the focal color orange, with orange and purple representing a high preference difference, blue and orange representing a medium preference difference, and yellow and orange as the equal preference treatments. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

2 Figure 2 (a) Color hexagon calculated for the stimuli used in the experiment, centered on the background; following Chittka (b) Spectral reflectance measures for the colored stimuli used in the experiment, in comparison to the background color of the apparatus. The human colors are identified as 1) orange, 2) yellow, 3) dark blue, and 4) purple. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

3 Figure 3 Design of trials
Figure 3 Design of trials. The y axis is the level of reward, whereas the x axis is choice number. One resource provides a steady, mediocre reward whereas the second resource fluctuated between a poor reward and a good reward every 20 trials. The orange focal resource could be either fluctuating or stable in reward, and could be paired either yellow, blue, or purple to provide an equal, medium, or high level of difference. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

4 Figure 4 Proportional choices of the bees on the focal color orange
Figure 4 Proportional choices of the bees on the focal color orange. The x axis reflects averages across blocks of 10 choices. The fluctuating reward changes every 20 choices starting in a bad state in trial block 1. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

5 Figure 5 Statistically significant interaction of preference level and reward type upon the sampling window (number of trials between sampling events). From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

6 Figure 6 Significant interaction of preference level and reward type on the proportion of choices of the fluctuating resource. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

7 Figure 7 Full interaction of preference level, reward type and experience (blocks of trials). The interaction of block with preference type is statistically significant. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (

8 Figure 8 Errors of learning
Figure 8 Errors of learning. (a) In a fluctuating patch, the proportion of bee choices to stay with the high rewarding color once sampled (win-stay), as opposed to choosing to the color providing the steady (win-shift), but mediocre resource. The x axis represents the state of the focal color. (b) In a fluctuating patch, the proportion of bee choices to abandon a high rewarding color once sampled and instead return to the color providing the steady, mediocre resource. The x axis represents the state of the focal color orange. From: Influence of preexisting preference for color on sampling and tracking behavior in bumble bees Behav Ecol. Published online October 29, doi: /beheco/ary140 Behav Ecol | © The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please article is published and distributed under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model (


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