Bee brains challenge view that larger brains are superior at understanding conceptual relationships
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 11:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —The humble honeybee may not seem very intelligent at first sight, but recent research has shown that it possesses a surprising degree of sophistication that is not expected in an insect brain. Specifically, the honeybee can understand conceptual relationships such as "same/different" and "above/below" that rely on relationships between objects rather than simply the physical features of objects.