Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hemingway, C. T., Leonard, A. S., MacNeill, F. T., Pimplikar, S., & Muth, F. (2024). Pollinator cognition and the function of complex rewards. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39(11), 1047–1058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.06.008 

Hemingway, C. T., Pimplikar, S., & Muth, F. (2024). Wild bumblebees use both absolute and relative evaluation when foraging. Behavioral Ecology, 35(1), arad112. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arad112 

George, E. A., Pimplikar, S., Thulasi, N., & Brockmann, A. (2020). Similarities in dance follower behaviour across honey bee species suggest a conserved mechanism of dance communication. Animal Behaviour, 169, 139–155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.09.011

In review

Pimplikar, S., Barkan, N. P., Braun, J., Jha, S., Muth, F. (2026) Wild bumblebee queens appear more behaviorally flexible than workers (in review at Proceedings of the Royal Society B).

Waybright, S., Kimball, M. G., Pimplikar, S., Muth, F. (2026) Reward evaluation differs between bumble bee queens and workers (in review at Proceedings of the Royal Society B).

Pimplikar, S., Hemingway, C.T., Jha, S., Muth, F. (2026) Sucrose responsiveness is associated with foraging specialization in honeybees but not bumblebees (in review at Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology).