New interesting discovery about the ability of bee bees to learn

Just be lured with good prey, the bees can be trained to hit the ball. This is the conclusion of American scientists in the study published in the "Science" issue of February 23.

To find out if bees can learn to manipulate an object that is completely alien to their natural life, scientists have trained bees to roll a small ball of the right size. they reach the destination. The reward for the bees rolling the ball is sweet sugar.

Some bees are trained by observing the "teammate" performing the task, while another group of bees is shown to the left of the ball rolling thanks to a magnet placed below.

Bees can learn and practice a skill that is not directly related to their main task.

The results show that the ability to learn and the performance of the bees seems better after watching the "performance" of other bees. Even the bees know how to choose to roll balls closer to the target than those that are far away from the target they are often trained to.

The discovery of the bees' special ability provides the first evidence that bees can learn and practice a skill that is not directly related to their main task , which is to find food.

For a long time, the ability to learn to be able to perform a complex action such as approaching a target is often known only in high-level animals such as humans, primates, as well as marine animals and birds, not small insects. Previously published studies show that bees can learn to pull a string, and some other simple skills, to get a food reward. However, the scope of these works is thought to be limited by the above skills related to the natural functions of bees.