Bee News - 5/04/24

Bee News - 5/04/24
Photo by Boba Jaglicic / Unsplash

Bumblebees are now considered to have the ability to play.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347222002366?via%3Dihub

This is a good video and well worth your time!

A vaccine for bees has an unexpected effect
Honeybees vaccinated against a bacterial disease were also protected from a viral disease.

These are not the honeybees that central Kentucky knows, but it is interesting that some bees migrate.

Discovery of 8 New Species of Bees Has Solved a Scientific Mystery
The recent discovery of 8 new species of bees has helped solve a decades-long scientific mystery regarding migration.

Odd or even?

Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers
Parity tasks, like telling the difference between odd and even numbers, are considered abstract and high-level concepts. But bees do them.

Social learning

Bumblebees can solve puzzles by learning from each other
Scientists taught a few bumblebees to solve a puzzle to attain a treat. The behavior then spread to others within their colonies.

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