Birds and bees see the world in different ways – and some flowers have evolved to take advantage of the gap in their perspectives.
- Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Monash University
Humanos e abelhas têm habilidades matemáticas, o que abre caminho para testar a matemática como “linguagem universal”
Humans and bees can both work with mathematics. Could aliens do the same?
The first representation of a kangaroo on money was not in Australia, but actually in England in 1795.
Did you know you have a ‘mental number line’, from smallest to largest? Turns out, so do bees.
Flowers tend to stand out against a natural background. A new study shows this contrast evolved in a key relationship with their most famous pollinators – bees.
Being susceptible to visual illusions is part and parcel of life not just for humans, but many other species – including bees.
Have we overlooked the intelligence and value of wasps?
Kami pertama kali menemukan surat tersebut pada 2019, ketika seorang pembaca membagikannya kepada kami. Di surat ini, Einstein membahas tentang lebah, burung, dan prinsip-prinsip fisika.
The surprising frequency of bees on coins through history shows the enduring importance to human societies of our buzzing companions.
Publicly available data on social media opens a new avenue for studying the environment with “incidental citizen science”.
Bees and other pollinators are key to food production, but they’re hard to keep an eye on. Now, AI software is helping track these essential farm workers.
Orchids give nothing in return to pollinators, so how come they get visited by bees anyway? The answer is trickery and deceit.
Otak lebah madu yang kecil mampu memahami konsep ganjil dan genap, meskipun hanya memiliki 960.000 neuron (dibandingkan dengan 86 miliar pada manusia).
Avec leur cerveau miniature de 960 000 neurones (contre 86 milliards chez l’homme), les abeilles ont réussi à comprendre les concepts d’impairs et de pairs.
Horizontal number lines are often the default option – but our brains may process numbers more quickly in a vertical arrangement.
The miniature brains of honeybees were able to understand the concepts of odd and even, despite only having 960,000 neurons (compared to 86 billion in humans).
Bees watching another bee dance to point out the location of flowers experience a surge of dopamine
Plus, the long history of humanity’s love of bees. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
An effective alarm is one which should minimise ‘sleep inertia’ – that stage of grogginess we feel between being asleep and becoming fully alert.
Bees have been represented in a range of art forms for millennia, from rock carvings to video games.
When a bee leaves the hive for the first time to go foraging, how does she know what a flower even looks like?
Plants use their flower colours for ‘brand recognition’ among insects - but also work together to attract more pollinators.
Bees can perceive flower colours and hues which are invisible to us — such as those produced by reflected ultraviolet radiation.
We first encountered the letter in 2019, when a reader shared it with us. In it, Einstein discusses bees, birds and whether new physics principles could come from studying animal senses.
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