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Bees can learn higher numbers than we thought – if we train them the right way

  • Written by Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University
Honeybees: nature's maths whizzes.SR Howard, Author provided

Bees are pretty good at maths – as far as insects go, at least. We already know, for example, that they can count up to four and even understand the concept of zero.

But in a new study, published today in the Journal of Experimental Biology, we show honeybees can also understand...

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