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amanda-sleeps-life-away:
madsciences:
robotsandfrippary:
robotlyra:
paranoidgemsbok:
newshour:
What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz
Credit: O.J. Loukola et al., Science (2017)
clockworkrobotic
“Friend? Friend push ball? I push ball. I do good.”
Bees. Smart enough to push a ball, not smart enough to not be fooled by a stick masquerading as a bee.
maybe they know and they’re just being polite
That’s why behavior is a science people.
Things Being A Beekeeper’s Daughter Has Taught Me: those are different bees. Or one bee, tested weeks apart, because that’s a new identifying dot in a different colour on its back. I’ve never seen that used on anything other than the queen to identify her.
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amanda-sleeps-life-away:
madsciences:
robotsandfrippary:
robotlyra:
paranoidgemsbok:
newshour:
What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz
Credit: O.J. Loukola et al., Science (2017)
clockworkrobotic“Friend? Friend push ball? I push ball. I do good.”
Bees. Smart enough to push a ball, not smart enough to not be fooled by a stick masquerading as a bee.
maybe they know and they’re just being polite
That’s why behavior is a science people.
Things Being A Beekeeper’s Daughter Has Taught Me: those are different bees. Or one bee, tested weeks apart, because that’s a new identifying dot in a different colour on its back. I’ve never seen that used on anything other than the queen to identify her.
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