Imagine That a Researcher Sets Up a Tunnel Through Which

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Imagine that a researcher sets up a tunnel through which a bee needs to fly in order to find a sucrose feeder. The inside of the tunnel is lined with a two-inch square black-and-white checker pattern. After the bee is accustomed to foraging here, the researchers do a test in which the tunnel is lined with an (otherwise identical) three-inch square black-and-white checker pattern, and the feeder is removed. Based on what you know about honeybee navigation, predict how the bee will likely behave.

A) It will search for food closer to the hive than the location of the original feeder.
B) It will search for food farther from the hive than the location of the original feeder.
C) It will search for food at approximately the distance of the location of the original feeder.
D) It will just keep flying through the tunnel without searching for food.
E) It will remain at the hive due to the unfamiliar stimulus.