Bee Brains The human brain has about 86 billion nerve cells, way more than the 1 million brain cells your typical bee has. But despite their slight numerical disadvantage, a new study in Science seems to show that bees can grasp the nature of the number zero, a mathematical skill only before observed in dolphins, birds and primates. The study took two cards with a number of symbols on them, and placed sugar water under the one with the fewest symbols. Bees could consistently locate the sugar water, and that skill continued when there was one symbol and zero symbols.
Numlock News: June 11, 2018
Numlock News: June 11, 2018
Numlock News: June 11, 2018
Bee Brains The human brain has about 86 billion nerve cells, way more than the 1 million brain cells your typical bee has. But despite their slight numerical disadvantage, a new study in Science seems to show that bees can grasp the nature of the number zero, a mathematical skill only before observed in dolphins, birds and primates. The study took two cards with a number of symbols on them, and placed sugar water under the one with the fewest symbols. Bees could consistently locate the sugar water, and that skill continued when there was one symbol and zero symbols.