The brain of bees beat the computer

According to researchers at London's Royal Holloway University, bees are capable of calculating the shortest distance to the flowers they discover, in a random sequence like a machine. Comparing lengths of all possible routes and choosing the shortest route to go.

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The results were published after a period of time when researchers conducted experiments using computers to control artificial flowers to test the behavior of bees. They realized that, after discovering the location of the flowers, the bees always found the shortest path to save time and energy to reach the flower, instead of following a menu route. simply follow the order of the flowers they find.

When it comes to searching for honey every day, bees will fly to the flowers in many different locations, sometimes as far as kilometers and they must use a lot of energy for such flights. The way to save energy is to find the shortest way to the destination.

Their brains just as small as grass seed have surprised many researchers with the ability to analyze and calculate and determine distances while modern humans depend too much on the network of traffic. information, internet information and supply chain information.

Researchers hope to clarify this behavioral mechanism of bees to solve human problems.